Every Step is Your Last

Enemy were moving into position to fire on us.

This is a 5-way intersection.  Stones were placed across the other avenues, but none in the direction from which we were coming.  The enemy had predicted our direction of travel. There were unexploded enemy explosives near the wounded Soldier.

Scott, an interpreter, carries no weapon.  He was born in Afghanistan but has been an American for many years.

This man squatted and watched.

An interpreter watched.

Sometimes a giant bomb causes Soldiers to disappear.  You might be lucky to find a piece of a helmet, or shards of uniform.

This bomb had not fully detonated.  One of our medics goes to work through an interpreter to treat the Afghan Soldier.