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Posted: 11/16/2008 7:26:41 PM EDT

U.S. Marines scan for Taliban insurgents as Afghan forces search a house for weapons October 25, 2008 in the Korengal Valley of Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan.

Posted: 11/16/2008 7:35:45 PM EDT

[#1]

Nice!

Posted: 11/16/2008 7:42:06 PM EDT

[#2]

I'm guessing the guy with the SVD isn't American... I mean besides the SVD, no helmet cover and three color deserts.

Posted: 11/16/2008 7:55:04 PM EDT

[#3]

Not a member of the United States Armed Services.

Posted: 11/16/2008 8:33:28 PM EDT

[#4]

There is a person in the lower left foreground wearing woodland camo.

Posted: 11/16/2008 8:56:19 PM EDT

[#5]

I would say none of them are US, but so long as they are not Taliban, I'm all for them!

Posted: 11/16/2008 9:07:20 PM EDT

[#6]

Marine ETTs were wearing Green MCCUUs out in RC East. However, they kind of look like a MSOT.

Posted: 11/16/2008 9:23:25 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
There is a person in the lower left foreground wearing woodland camo.

LOL! I had to triple take to make sure you weren't fibbin I guess Camo really does work

Posted: 11/16/2008 11:05:32 PM EDT

[#8]

It's not an SVD, it's a Romaninan FPK/PSL.

Posted: 11/17/2008 1:29:30 AM EDT

[#9]

Nice.

Posted: 11/17/2008 3:33:39 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
It's not an SVD, it's a Romaninan FPK/PSL.

You sure? Looks like it has adjustable gas, but its hard to tell.

Posted: 11/17/2008 4:06:28 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
I'm guessing the guy with the SVD isn't American... I mean besides the SVD, no helmet cover and three color deserts.

All kinds of wrong, he is a member of the USMC, with a PSL not an SVD and a helmet cover does not a U.S. military man make!

Also there is another picture of him in that set somewhere.

Posted: 11/17/2008 4:06:41 AM EDT

[#12]

Definitely a PSL.

Posted: 11/17/2008 6:53:53 AM EDT

[#13]

We used captured SVD to augment or scouts the last time I was there. Why not?

Posted: 11/17/2008 8:45:57 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Definitely a PSL.

Definately.

Posted: 11/17/2008 8:47:55 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Definitely a PSL.

Definately.

Romanian designated marksman. Don't know of anyone else who uses the PSL.

Posted: 11/18/2008 7:32:33 AM EDT

[#16]

The soldier with the PSL is an American Marine:

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Debose, 26, stands amongst village elders as Afghan and American forces search for weapons October 25, 2008 in the Korengal Valley of Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents enjoy widespread public support in the contested valley. (John Moore/Getty Images) #

Posted: 11/18/2008 10:47:49 AM EDT

[#17]

Looks like Mercer County, WV

Posted: 11/18/2008 6:43:25 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Looks like Mercer County, WV

Posted: 11/18/2008 7:04:39 PM EDT

[#19]

Seems like I met that guy last year in the Koreingal, he was toting a M4 then.

Thats one of the new rifles

FREE

Quoted:
Nice!

Posted: 11/19/2008 7:13:37 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
I'm guessing the guy with the SVD isn't American... I mean besides the SVD, no helmet cover and three color deserts.

although you have already been disproven he is very obviously wearing marpat

Posted: 11/19/2008 9:03:12 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
The soldier with the PSL is an American Marine:

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghan_11_12/af10_16832683.jpg

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Debose, 26, stands amongst village elders as Afghan and American forces search for weapons October 25, 2008 in the Korengal Valley of Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents enjoy widespread public support in the contested valley. (John Moore/Getty Images) #

Can anyone spot the Taliban in that picture?

Posted: 11/19/2008 12:17:04 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
The soldier with the PSL is an American Marine:

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghan_11_12/af10_16832683.jpg

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Debose, 26, stands amongst village elders as Afghan and American forces search for weapons October 25, 2008 in the Korengal Valley of Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents enjoy widespread public support in the contested valley. (John Moore/Getty Images) #

Can anyone spot the Taliban in that picture?

Is it the one with a haggard look to him and a bitter wartorn grimace painted on his face?

Posted: 11/19/2008 1:00:49 PM EDT

[#23]

Being a former ETT I can tell you he likely borrowed that PSL from the ANA to use the scope for a little scanning or perhaps a little longer range shooting.

The ANA mainly have Arsenal AKs, Romanian PSLs, and alot of used guns from the last 10-20 wars there.

Posted: 11/19/2008 1:01:53 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:
The soldier with the PSL is an American Marine:

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghan_11_12/af10_16832683.jpg

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Debose, 26, stands amongst village elders as Afghan and American forces search for weapons October 25, 2008 in the Korengal Valley of Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents enjoy widespread public support in the contested valley. (John Moore/Getty Images) #

Can anyone spot the Taliban in that picture?

The angry lookin' dudes with the coffee filters on their heads?

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