July 16, 2004
Apache Down

The Humvee that ran over a land mine

The Apache that went down

The first set of power lines the Apache severed

The second set

The damage to the Apache
A video of the Chinook recovering the Apache: (.wmv video)
July 16, 2004

The Humvee that ran over a land mine

The Apache that went down

The first set of power lines the Apache severed

The second set

The damage to the Apache
A video of the Chinook recovering the Apache: (.wmv video)
June 27, 2004
Firing the .50-cal at the abandoned truck: (.avi video)
Blowing up the abandoned truck and almost the dog: (.avi video)

One second before the explosion, dumb little doggie doing dumb little doggie trot.

Dumb little doggie totally unaffected by dumb little explosion.

Dumb little doggie’s genius moment: “Um, I guess I won’t go that way. Ruff!”

They say you get an erection when you have a spinal injury. This truck’s defiant stearing column made me think of this.

A couple locals watch with us.

Their lovely home. Be glad I didn’t take a photograph of their shit trench. I make light of the living conditions here, but to honest it saddens me to see people live like this.

Arab on Arab crime involving detonating a case of Whoopass. Some of the locals look on as we survey the damage.

EOD investigates. They conclude, Yup, the mosque is definitely damaged.