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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPHOTO: A Marine calms an infant at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20.
Photo By: Marine Corps Sgt. Isaiah Campbell
A Marine calms an infant at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20. Service members and coalition partners are assisting the Department of State with a non-combatant evacuation operation in Afghanistan.
https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2741488/us-seeks-to-open-more-locations-to-aid-evacuation-from-kabul-general-says/
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PHOTO: A Marine calms an infant at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20. (Original Post)
Donkees
Aug 2021
OP
Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)1. so sweet...nice smile.
CoopersDad
(2,180 posts)2. K/R nt
Karadeniz
(22,279 posts)3. This is what we do best!
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,147 posts)5. Separate kids from their parents?
Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)6. Is that all you're getting from that photo?
Is there some reason why the Marine can't merely be relieving a tired parent?
Marines miss their kids too ya know.
George II
(67,782 posts)8. Wrong.
Karadeniz
(22,279 posts)9. Good lord, whiskey ! The soldiers babysitting, playing, being friendly. Remember the Iraq
Invasion, before sheer incompetence took over, a soldier entertaining a group of children and they loved his friendliness? Throughout brutality, one can find acts of kindness. That's what we do best.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,147 posts)10. lol what on earth
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,147 posts)4. Meh, propaganda.
Scruffy1
(3,239 posts)7. Great photo.
it has been my experience that most Marines I have met were good hearted men. We have some stationed at Fort Bliss.
StarryNite
(9,365 posts)11. It seems to be a mutual calming effect.