Afghan National Security Forces and Marines conduct Operation Nightmare

08/10/2013

08/10/2013: Afghan National Security Forces and Marines conduct Operation Nightmare

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Credit:Regional Command Southwest:6/6/13

  • In the first photo, Soldiers with Afghan National Security Forces alongside U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8), Regimental Combat Team 7, board a CH-53E Super Stallion during Operation Nightmare on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, June 6, 2013.
  • Operation Nightmare was a clearing operation led by Afghan National Security Forces and supported by the Marines of 2/8.
  • In the second and third photos, Soldiers with Afghan National Security Forces alongside U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8), Regimental Combat Team 7, provide security during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad, Afghanistan, June 6, 2013.
  • In the final photo, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Michael Fox, a forward air controller with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8), Regimental Combat Team 7, talks over the radio during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad, Afghanistan, June 6, 2013.