Gone Native......

Doc with his jundee buddies

Saying Goodbye to LtCol Tasin

Capt Lewis and Doc during Operation Bladerunner

Malik, Khalid, Lt Clever, Haider, and another jundee

The Working Dog Team

Cpl Swain and Eido

Eido looking happy to be at work

Pictures of the Marine Ball from Crazyhorse

Marine Corps Birthday Ceremony

We celebrated the Marine Corps' 232nd birthday on November 10th. With our limited resources we were still able to get a good cake and perform the traditional birthday ceremony. Members of our partnered U.S. Army unit were able to attend as well as the IA battalion HQ company that we are advising.

Waiting for the cake.

The cake detail (Lt Goo and Lt Hatfield in back, Cpl Wood and Cpl Escalante in front) bringing out the cake.

2-2-1 MiTT

The 2-2-1 IA battalion headquarters company

Our brothers in arms attended our ceremony.

Capt Lewis reading the birthday message.

Cutting the cake.

Giving cake to the guest of honor (LtCol Tasin)

Chad (center) with Malik, Khalid, Heider, and another jundee.

*All of the pictures of the birthday ball ceremony were taken by Khalid. Thanks to Khalid for the excellent pictures and thanks to Lt Clever for the use of his K-Bar to cut the birthday cake.

More pictures during the B-Day Ceremony

Sgt Gaitan

Cpl Bredesen

Lt Clever

Sgt Luna

Cpl Mihalo

GySgt Sexstone in a stryker where he controlled the music for the ceremony.

Lt Goo and Capt Khalid

Lt Milligan talking with children while on patrol

Civil Affairs Project

We thank everyone for contributing to the children here in our area of operations. It helps immensely in gaining the trust and friendship of the local communities that we operate in. Here are some of the pictures of the children receiving the items you contributed.

Mike with Mayor Shakr's father