Keeping uniforms clean is difficult when on the march or after battles. All Soldiers are issued withbasic mending tools. They can also use chalk and blacking to touch up the white and black of their uniform. Regular cleaning however is challenging, because strong detergent or magical cleaning de...
The men have been through everything together, from working through the hard stresses of divorce to Nathan dressing up in his dad’s uniforms and playing. Being in Iraq together is just building on their relationship. “It’s awesome to have both (of us) here because he and I will have ...
It was evident that the kids were in awe of the Marines and their uniforms from the moment they stepped into the room. One of the unfortunately infected children even asked Sgt. Taylor Jolly what he needed to do to become a Marine and what it was like to be a Marine. Jolly talked to...
He stood before pews of Marines in camouflage uniforms and told them that standing at his son's bedside in the hospital and watching him die "is the most miserable feeling you can have. Don't let what I feel now happen to your parents." It was just five days earlier, on March 28, ...
Members of the Taliban blend into the population -- they have no uniforms or distinguishing dress or characteristics, he said. "We would be patrolling through the bazaar daily and would receive glares from several military-age males, which were surely Taliban, but there was nothing that we ...
As several dozen Afghan National Army soldiers in brand-new uniforms line up to board at Kabul, Keenan and Newton confer: Should they hold the Afghan troops here and fly back just for the HR, or tell Bagram, no way? They tell Bagram, no way. As the Afghans clamber aboard, smiling bra...