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more about #afghanistan Gary_7vn: Spray painting the actual chain rings might have been a bit much. more » Gary_7vn: Pink shorts? I want some of those Taleban invisibility cloaks. Where are they? more » Gary_7vn: This will come in really handy after WWIII. Not so much after WWIV. more » Billxor: Is this the opposite of going commando? more » Akhen: Nothing says "snipe me" like a bright red shirt amidst all that dreary grey camo. more » trs: Those boxers were probably white before he washed them in the same load with that red shirt. more » Rejexted: Is the soldier one real or is it actors? more » Woozle Wozzle: captions are off... :P more » doompod: It looks like only one of them is smart enough to not fry their children makers. more » Kaiser-Machead: State of the badass art.... more » Mike Pescetto: Whatever is being sold in the PX or shipped to them I'd imagine. more » Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!: This seems like as good a time as any to post this: more » sickforska: Sworn defender of the printed word: All that sand on the ground makes me cringe on behalf of those computers. more » ploopsy: The real question: How many of them actually paid for there movies? more » Smurfette's dropkick: Am I the only one who has a MBP that doesn't fry my boys? more » Bob in AL: I had a Dell, and it lasted the whole year. Movies could be anything. We had access to everything. I know that feeling of boredom in that photo. I... more » brandoshido: thanks to all our troops that are deployed; i may not agree with the 'war' but i still support you here on the homefront. more » Alex Quick: looks like there's a lot more room in afghanistan than on my submarine. more » The Dude: they're probably using their laptops less for actually watching movies, and more for the cooling effect provided by the base of the pc on their legs (... more » OsoMan: I wonder if a Mac does better over there. My XPS lasted 4 months... the sand over there is brutal. I washed my kit 20 times since coming home and its ... more » -
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Fighting the Bad Guys in Your Undapants
The Big Picture has published the first part of a 2009 photo retrospective. These are my favorite shots, starting with this image of a soldier fighting in his "I love NY" pink underpants against the Taliban. More » -
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A Taste of Home via a Laptop and a Movie
This is a great shot of three soldiers relaxing at their base in Afghanistan, watching movies on their laptops. The real question: what movies are they watching? [Big Picture] -
#olpc
Pedal-Powered OLPC Tested in Afghanistan: Free Power (and Killer Calves) For All
OLPC's Give One Get One initiative has delivered around 11,000 XO-1 laptops to Afghanistan schools alone. But power is a problem when you get off the grid, so the team there has had to think outside the box. More » -
#courage
AP Photographer Loses Foot in Bomb Blast, Never Stops Taking Pictures
AP photographer Emilio Morenatti's left foot had to be amputated after he was injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan. That didn't mean he stopped shooting, however. More » -
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Motivational Music In a Dangerous Land
For every ten stories about Iraq "reductions," there might be one about Afghanistan—and it's definitely not about reductions. That said, I'm glad one of my favorite blogs, The Big Picture, decided to do two posts on Afghanistan this week. More » -
#stories
US Soldier Explains Why He Uses a Rifle Stock to Shoot Photographs
When we recently posted a Vietnam-era Bolex camera with a rifle stock attached, we thought the concept was a little nuts. Then Army Reserve Staff Sgt. and wartime photographer Jeffrey Duran set us straight. More » -
