I came across some wintertime military photographs that looked like lost frames from the Battle of Hoth, in The Empire Strikes Back. So much, in fact, that I couldn’t resist adding some laser gun turrets and AT-ATs. Check them out and post your mashups in the comments.
A U.S. Air Force airman defrosts a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.
Photo: Senior Airman Kayla Newman/U.S. Air Force
Photo: Senior Airman Kayla Newman/U.S. Air Force
U.S. Soldier from 56th Engineer Company spreads water to thicken a path of the Tanana River’s frozen surface during an ice-bridge construction project in Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Photo: Staff Sgt. Matthew Winstead/U.S. Army
U.S. special operations forces (USSOF) personnel wade into the snow-covered village of Cabalaq, Afghanistan, during a personnel recovery mission.
Photo: Cpl Kyle McNally/U.S. Marine Corps
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) conducting live firing break contact drills on the Setermoen exercise areas, Norway.
Photo: Royal Marines
South Korean soldiers standing guard on a peak near the North Korean border.
Photo: Republic of Korea Armed Forces
Cold weather training of Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Force.
Photo: Republic of Korea Armed Forces
U.S. soldiers make their way through knee-deep snow, during a patrol in Chamkani district, Paktiya province, Afghanistan.
Photo: Spc. Anderson Savoy/U.S. Army
Paratroopers climb over a hill in order to secure an airfield near Fort Carson’s Camp Red Devil training area.
Photo: Sgt. Terrance Payton, 3rd BCT Public Affairs, 82nd ABN Div/U.S. Army
Afghan National Army commandos patrol Khakrez district, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Photo: Jonathan Hudson/U.S. Army
Two crew members keep watch on the rear ramp of a CH-47 Chinook while flying over the mountains in the Khas Uruzgan district of Afghanistan.
Photo: Sgt. Jessi Ann McCormick/U.S. Army
South Korean soldiers standing guard.
Photo: Republic of Korea Armed Forces
The attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) submerging under the ice at the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
Photo: Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin O’Brien/U.S. Navy
Royal Marines with the Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) conducting Ski-Doo driving drills on the Asegarden exercise areas, Norway.
Photo: PO (Phot) Sean Clees/Royal Marines
Photo: PO (Phot) Sean Clees/Royal Marines
Runway clearance vehicles keeping RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire operational.
Photo: Cpl Andrew Seaward/RAF
A U.S. Special Forces officer waits for helicopters to arrive after a clearing operation in Jafare Sufla, Shah Joy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan.
Photo: Pfc. David Devich/U.S. Army
Marines patrol through strong winds and heavy snow in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan.
Photo: Pfc. Kasey Peacock/U.S. Marine Corps
Okay, this is not a winter scene, but you know why has to be here: a soldier in Afghanistan watches as a Tarantula-Hawk (T-Hawk) remote piloted air system (RPAS) hovers over the desert during an operation.
Photo: Captain Dave Scammell/UK Armed Forces
Now it’s your turn. Post your mashups in the comments and we will feature the best of them.
