Lance Cpl. William Zerr, a bulk fuel specialist with
Lance Cpl. William Zerr, a bulk fuel specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), checks the fuel gauges at Forward Operating Base Edin... More
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers with 4th Kandak,
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers with 4th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps play a game of cards as U.S. Marine Corps Sgt Nathan J. Torres, center, with 4th Kandak Embedded Training Team, Regimental Combat te... More
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Michael A. Loyd with 4th
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Michael A. Loyd with 4th Kandak Embedded Training Team, Regimental Combat Team 6 waits to conduct an air interdiction mission using CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters on Forward Operating... More
Lance Cpl. Steven Chambers, a military policeman and
Lance Cpl. Steven Chambers, a military policeman and security team member, Engineer Support Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), refuels his truck after returning to Fo... More
ScanEagle operators prepare to launch an X-200 ScanEagle
ScanEagle operators prepare to launch an X-200 ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, which will provide overwatch and real-time intelligence to troops on the ground here Nov. 20. The lightweight UAV, with Marine U... More
U.S. Marines with Regional Command (SouthWest) stand
U.S. Marines with Regional Command (SouthWest) stand by for a mission at the landing zone on Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Helmand province, Afghanistan May 26, 2012. Marines and Afghan National Army soldie... More
A U.S. Marine helps collect bundles of food rations
A U.S. Marine helps collect bundles of food rations that were airdropped to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, the logistics hub for Northern Helmand province, Oct 3, 2011. The parachutes and other packing mater... More
U.S. Marines watch local Afghans from their vehicle
U.S. Marines watch local Afghans from their vehicle while securing the Forward Operating Base Edinburgh's drop zone after food was dropped 30 minutes earlier, Oct 3, 2011. Marines have to keep the DZ clear of l... More
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC)
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) helicopter lands on Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Helmand province, Afghanistan May 27, 2012. The MEDEVAC was transporting a wounded Afghan National... More
A bullet scarred passenger window on an armored truck
A bullet scarred passenger window on an armored truck serves as a reminder of the dangers that face U.S. Marines who convoy in Afghanistan. The need for Marines to conduct resupply missions has not been elimina... More
Sgt. Leland S. Watson, from Greenville, N.C., a Marine
Sgt. Leland S. Watson, from Greenville, N.C., a Marine Corps Community Services Marine, with 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), assists customers during the Marine Corps Exchange grand opening May 23, 2011, ... More
The mountainous landscape of southern Afghanistan makes
The mountainous landscape of southern Afghanistan makes resupplying troops on the ground a logistical challenge. U.S. Air Force airmen help overcome the challenge by dropping supplies from aircraft to some of t... More
U.S. Marine Cpl. Alexandra Melnick, 2nd Battalion,
U.S. Marine Cpl. Alexandra Melnick, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines of the 5th Marine Regiment, sets a parachute used during an aerial delivery of food rations on to a fire, Oct 3, 2011. The parachutes and other pac... More
The Shock Trauma Platoon facility on Forward Operating
The Shock Trauma Platoon facility on Forward Operating Base Edinburgh is home to two operating rooms. It contains a staff of 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) corpsmen, Nurse Corps officers, physicians and s... More
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion with Marine
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362, 3D Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) lands on Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Helmand province, Afghanistan May 26, 2012. The he... More
U.S. Marines help collect bundles of food rations that
U.S. Marines help collect bundles of food rations that were airdropped to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, the logistics hub for northern Helmand province, Oct 3, 2011. The parachutes and other packing materia... More
Cpl. Andrew B. Agustin (left), from Ravena, N.Y., a
Cpl. Andrew B. Agustin (left), from Ravena, N.Y., a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), and Cpl. Kayla M. Cobb (right), from New Castle, Penn., a f... More
An X-200 ScanEagle is inspected and cleaned prior to
An X-200 ScanEagle is inspected and cleaned prior to launch here Nov. 20. The aircraft, with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), can stay airborne for nine to 14 hours... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter Jensen (right) and
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter Jensen (right) and Staff Sgt. Anthony Fuller, loadmasters assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, make final safety checks to airdrop bundles in the cargo bay of a ... More
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Raymond M. Stopinski,
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Raymond M. Stopinski, operations chief with 4th Kandak Embedded Training Team, Regimental Combat Team 6, waits to conduct an air interdiction mission using CH-53D Sea Stallion hel... More
A smile in war, US Marine Corps Photo
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alexandra Melnick, a Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, reacts to a joke told by a teammate outside of Forward Operating Base Edinburgh in the Helmand province of Afghanistan Oct. ... More
U.S. Air Force airmen from the 379th Expeditionary
U.S. Air Force airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron push barrels of fuel aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, Sept 30, 2011. The crew of the C-17 will drop 40 bundles of supplies to a rem... More
Cpl. Kayla M. Cobb, from New Castle, Pa., a food service
Cpl. Kayla M. Cobb, from New Castle, Pa., a food service specialist with 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), serves food to a Marine during a barbeque May 22, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Afghan... More
A U. S. Marine Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle
A U. S. Marine Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle clears the road to the drop zone at Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, the logistics hub for Northern Helmand province, Oct 3, 2011. The route to the drop z... More
A U.S. Marine drags a parachute away from a bundle
A U.S. Marine drags a parachute away from a bundle of food rations that were airdropped to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, the logistics hub for Northern Helmand province, Oct. 3, 2011. The parachutes and oth... More
ScanEagle operators prepare to launch an X-200 ScanEagle
ScanEagle operators prepare to launch an X-200 ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, which will provide overwatch and real-time intelligence to troops on the ground here Nov. 20. The lightweight UAV, with Marine U... More
U.S. Marines with 4th Kandak Embedded Training Team,
U.S. Marines with 4th Kandak Embedded Training Team, Regimental Combat Team 6 (RCT-6) and Brigade Mentor Team, RCT-6 play a game of spades on Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Helmand province, Afghanistan May ... More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Davies hands out food and water as
U.S. Marine Sgt. Davies hands out food and water as he asks local Afghans to leave Forward Operating Base Edinburgh's drop zone minutes before a schedule air drop of food, Oct 3, 2011. For safety reasons, Marin... More
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 lands on Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2012. The Osprey was transporting the wounded during ... More
Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Richardson (left), from Middletown,
Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Richardson (left), from Middletown, N.Y., the food service operations chief, and Master Gunnery Sgt. Terry L. Castleberry (right), from Pensacola, Fla., the food service technician for 2nd Ma... More
Marines look around the newly opened Marine Corps Exchange
Marines look around the newly opened Marine Corps Exchange for their favorites items May 23, 2011, aboard Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Afghanistan. The 40-foot trailer will permanently stay at the FOB and ... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter Jensen, a loadmaster
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter Jensen, a loadmaster assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, collects straps that restrained airdrop bundles in the back of a C-17 Globemaster III, Sept 30, 2011. J... More
A U. S. Air Force C-130 Hercules airdrops 20 bundles
A U. S. Air Force C-130 Hercules airdrops 20 bundles of food rations to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, the logistics hub for northern Helmand province, Oct 3, 2011. Aerial delivery of food and water allows M... More
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC)
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) helicopter lands on Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Helmand province, Afghanistan May 27, 2012. The MEDEVAC was transporting a wounded Afghan National... More
Cpl. Clayton Leatherwood, Forward Operating Base Edinburgh
Cpl. Clayton Leatherwood, Forward Operating Base Edinburgh fuel farm non-commissioned officer-in-charge, Headquarters and Service Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) ch... More
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362, 3D Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) play catch while waiting awaiting their next mission on Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Helmand province, Afghanistan ... More
U.S. Marines deployed to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh
U.S. Marines deployed to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh roll over a bundle of food rations that was recently airdropped by A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules on Oct 3, 2011. The supplies are loaded on trucks for... More
U.S. Marines unload bundles of food that were airdropped
U.S. Marines unload bundles of food that were airdropped to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Oct 3, 2011. After the supplies hit the ground, Marines load the bundles on trucks and take them back to the FOB. Ae... More
Sgt. Leland S. Watson (back left), from Greenville,
Sgt. Leland S. Watson (back left), from Greenville, N.C., a Marine Corps Community Services Marine, and Staff Sgt. Kevin B. Flynn (back right), the Marine Corps Exchange staff non-commissioned officer in charge... More
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Christopher Oerter, a C-17
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Christopher Oerter, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, flies a low level approach to a drop zone in Afghanistan, Sept 30, 2011. Oerter and ... More
Inflatable storage containers at Forward Operating
Inflatable storage containers at Forward Operating Base Edinburgh store fuel in order to support ground operations, air operations and equipment on the FOB. The bulk fuel Marines at FOB Edinburgh dispense appro... More
A U. S. Air Force C-130 Hercules airdrops 20 bundles
A U. S. Air Force C-130 Hercules airdrops 20 bundles of food rations to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, the logistics hub for northern Helmand province, Oct 3, 2011. Aerial delivery of food and water allows M... More
A bundle of food rations dropped from a U. S. Air Force
A bundle of food rations dropped from a U. S. Air Force C-130 Hercules creates a dust cloud when it lands on the Forward Operating Base Edinburgh drop zone, Oct 3, 2011. FOB Edinburgh is a logistics hub for Mar... More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Davies hands out food and water as
U.S. Marine Sgt. Davies hands out food and water as he asks local Afghans to leave Forward Operating Base Edinburgh's drop zone minutes before a schedule air drop of food, Oct 3, 2011. Marines have to keep the ... More