Strong Point West - Afghanistan

[observor 69]

MotherCorp has an interesting photo gallery  here:
http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/_world.html?dataPath=/photogallery/world/gallery_171/xml/gallery_171.xml.
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(Edited by Moderator to correct thread title.)

 

[anton]

Wow...very nice and interesting pictures. I really hope progression is made there.

 

[CustomsChris]

Good pictures, I especially like the last one.  ;D

 

[RHFC_piper]

I'm glad pictures like that are being posted... It shows that we're making progress.. it may be slow, but its better than nothing.

It also makes me feel a little... uh.. sad.. or depressed... Every time I see pictures of the troops, I always hope to catch a glimps of the guys I was with over there.  Then I miss it even more. 

Some times it seems so bad over there, and people just don't understand why we're there.. I see picture like that, and I know how important our work is over there, and no matter how bad it gets, I'd rather be there. 

I hope those pictures help people understand...  and I'll keep looking for my boys.

 

[midget-boyd91]

Those are really great pictures.
Now if only they would show ones like that and make stories of that for TV.
I've seen a story about the road being built in Panjwaii but thats it.

piper... how big was panjwaii, population wise?

 

[RHFC_piper]

piper... how big was panjwaii, population wise?

Well.. Technically, Bazar-e-panjwayi (the actual town) was some burned out ruins behind where we first set up our firing line.

Where the troops are now is Pashmul... and while I was there the population was around 400, and they were shooting at us.

I honestly couldn't tell you how many people live in that area, but I'm going to assume quite a few, as it is pretty much the biggest green belt in Kandahar.  Probably one of the more populated areas outside of Kandahar city.

I agree with you though... These are the images the media should be showing more often.  real progress...

 

[El Gerco]

Thanks for pointing out the site. Some great pics.
When I look at what our troops ( like yourself ) are doing overthere today, it makes me realize , that no matter how bad we had it in Kabul (Roto 3), it was a cake walk in comparison.

Take care of yourself.