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365 - A Soldier from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), watches cattle run for their lives while a CH-47 helicopter prepares to land on Landing Zone Shetland during Operation Saray Has July 19 near Forward Operating Base Naray, Afghanistan. www.army.mil

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  1. MoroGuru 35 months ago | reply

    I wonder who is the unlucky man who own this cattle ! the average citizen in Afganistan support the Taliban, the governement that cleaned afghanistan from drugs, not the ones that restarted this bizness again ;) and try to protect this bizness with aka the army of the free world the God's guided one lol

  2. robin.hodson 34 months ago | reply

    How strange - apart from the American uniforms, it looks just like home, or be it a little way out into the Wiltshire countryside.

  3. dcxuav 27 months ago | reply

    I can't speak to the soldiers and the helicopter, but some of the cows were added in. The shadows on some on the right are inconsistent with the lighting of the troops and Chinook, way to long. Also, the shutterspeed required to slow the rotorblades down so they are hardly blurred indicates a skill and familiarity with photo techniques that is inconsistent with the lack of definition in the distant trees. In otherwords, someone with enough knowledge to set up that shot wouldn't typically use such inferior compression.

    I'm a veteran myself, trained in imagery analysis 17 years ago at Fort Huachuca, and it disheartens me to see this shoddy fabrication on my Army's own page. This may not seem like a big deal to many, but it hurts me to see these soldiers disrespected by one of their own, the reality of what they do is good enough, it doesn't have to be photoshopped.

  4. Southcoasting 20 months ago | reply

    You guys need to check with Intelligence. I'm pretty sure that cows aren't the enemy :)

    (But seriously - beautiful image)

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