Inventory of the John R. Bruning collection
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff, revised by Lisa Miller and Sarah Patton
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Title: John R. Bruning collection
Date (inclusive): 1939-2010
Collection Number: 2000C119
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, Japanese, and German
Physical Description:
6 oversize boxes, 1 manuscript box, 37,364 digital files (486 GB)
(4.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Videorecordings of interviews of American and Japanese World War II pilots and German World War II submarine commanders; veterans'
World War II-era photographs and ephemera; CDs of scanned images relating to World War II; photocopies of National Archives
records relating to World War II; and digital videorecordings and photographs relating to American military operations in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
source:
Bruning, John R.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000, followed by an increment of digital files in 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] ([Digital file name if appropriate]), John R. Bruning collection, [Box number if appropriate], Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
John Bruning, a military writer and photojournalist, was born in 1968 in Palo Alto, California. He earned a BA in history
from the University of Oregon in 1990. He wrote or collaborated on seventeen books published or pending as of 2011, including
The Devil's Sandbox,
House to House,
How to Break a Terrorist,
Shadow of the Sword,
Crimson Sky, and
Jungle Ace.
As part of his research for earlier writing and commercial projects, between 1990 and 2000 Bruning conducted interviews with
World War II veterans, including German U-boat commanders and Japanese pilots and airmen. The latter interviews were conducted
in 1997 while he was working in a consultant capacity as the company historian for a software company called Dynamix.
Bruning began work on
The Devil's Sandbox, which details the 2003-2005 deployment of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Oregon National Guard to Iraq, in 2005. Six
months after returning home, the battalion was deployed to North Central New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. For
a month, the men conducted patrols and searched for survivors and human remains. Bruning deployed with them as a civilian
embed, living with them on a concrete walkway in front of the music hall at the New Orleans Baptist Seminary.
Upon returning to Oregon and publishing
The Devil's Sandbox, Bruning founded and funded the 973rd Civilians on the Battlefield (973 COB), a nonprofit organization. This group of civilians
serves as the Oregon National Guard's (ONG) opposing force during drill weekends and field exercises. In August 2008, Bruning
spent a month with Alpha Company 2-162 at Gowen Field, Idaho, during the unit's final field training exercise before its second
Iraq deployment.
In June 2010, Bruning was invited to deploy as an embed to Afghanistan with Bravo Company 1-168 Aviation, a Boeing CH-47 Chinook
heavy lift unit from Pendleton, Oregon. Another part of the unit belonged to the Washington National Guard at Fort Lewis.
The two detachments were merged and sent to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank in the summer of 2010 to conduct operations
around Logar, Wardak, and Gahzni provinces. Bruning joined them at Fort Hood in July 2010 and was with them until their deployment
in early August. On September 5 he joined Bravo 1-168 at FOB Shank. The next day he began flying missions with the unit, which
was attached to TF Brawler, 4-3 Aviation, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. Mixed in with 1-168 were men
and women from 5-158 Aviation, "Big Windy," out of Germany. They were at the end of their deployment, and Bruning ultimately
left Shank with them in November 2010.
Bruning went to Afghanistan without any affiliation to a news organization, and he was neither under contract nor in the employ
of anyone. He intended to spend his time in Afghanistan writing articles about the military men and women for their local
newspapers. He wrote seven articles and had five published.
Scope and Content of Collection
The first part of the records in this collection (boxes 1-7) consists of World War II-related materials. The bulk of this
part of the collection is videorecordings of interviews with American and Japanese World War II pilots and German World War
II submarine commanders conducted between 1990 and 2000. There are a small number of photographs taken during the war that
some of the interviewed veterans gave to Bruning, as well as some miscellaneous ephemera. This part of the collection also
contains twelve CDs. One holds scanned images from the National Archives, another holds scanned images of a war diary, and
the remainder are believed to hold further scanned images, most likely from the National Archives and the collections of veterans
Bruning interviewed. Finally, there are some photocopies of National Archives records about Japanese forces at the start of
the war, American aviation strategy, and the war diary of a Marine squadron. These materials were collected by Bruning in
the course of his work and used for his book projects, as well as articles and other publications.
The videorecordings were arranged into subseries based on the nationality of the interviewees. In the case of the American
and Japanese interviews, the tapes were then arranged alphabetically by the subject's last name. The German tapes, for the
most part, were ordered according to the donor's labels, which were numbered sequentially (except in the case of those which
weren't numbered; those were grouped by interviewee). The photographs, which had no discernible original order, were divided
into subseries based on the subject/content of the photo. Some miscellaneous ephemera, which may all be from J.E. Gabrio,
was separated from the photographs and placed in its own series. The photocopies of National Archives records were left as
originally received.
Most of the still and moving images of National Guard training and deployment in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina (2005),
in Iraq (2004-2005), and in Afghanistan (2010), supplemented by a few items dated as early as 2001, were created by Bruning,
although some photographs were given to him. The Iraq and New Orleans material follows the deployment of the 2nd Battalion,
162nd Infantry, Oregon National Guard. It fought in Baghdad, 2nd Najaf, the Sunni Triangle, and Fallujah from March 2004 to
March 2005. Bruning wrote a book about this deployment,
The Devil's Sandbox. After Hurricane Katrina the battalion was deployed to North Central New Orleans; selected photographs from this period are
available. The Afghanistan images follow the deployment of Bravo Company 1-168 Aviation, a Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy lift
unit from Pendleton, Oregon. Another part of the unit came from the Washington National Guard at Fort Lewis. The two detachments
were merged and sent to FOB Shank in the summer of 2010 to conduct operations around Logar, Wardak, and Gahzni provinces.
Bruning's photos follow the unit's deployment in the summer and fall. Additional photographs and videorecordings depict Oregon
National Guard training activities circa 2008.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Video tapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Aerial operations
Afghan War, 2001-
Bruning, John R.
World War II Veteran Interview Videorecordings
1990-2000
Scope and Contents
Videorecordings on 70 VHS videocassettes.
American veterans
1990-2000
Scope and Contents
Per donor emails, interviews conducted with American World War II veterans between 1990 and 2000 (though there does appear
to be one interview with a German veteran, Walter Goeckel). Titles taken from labels. 26 VHS videocassettes.
box 1, item 1
Angst, Vern -- B-17 gunner
May 3, 2000
box 1, item 2
Barber, Rex -- P-38 pilot, PTO
box 1, item 4
Crosby, Ted -- Navy pilot, PTO
box 1, item 5
Crosby, Verne -- US submariner
box 1, item 6
Croteau, Hugh -- B-25 pilot and POW
box 1, item 7
Davidson, Jim -- B-25 gunner and POW, Italy
box 1, item 8-9
Goble, George -- B-25 pilot, Pearl Harbor
June 2000
General
Two VHS videocassettes that are both labeled as being George Goble. Unclear from label if they are duplicates or parts of
a whole.
box 1, item 10
Goeckel, Walter -- Herman Goering Div.
box 1, item 11
Heyman, Richard -- P-38 pilot
box 1, item 12
King, Robert -- B-24 gunner, Italian Theater
box 1, item 13
Laird, Diz -- Navy fighter pilot, ETO and PTO
box 2, item 1
May, Richard -- Navy fighter pilot
box 2, item 2
McKeon, Joseph -- Army fighter pilot, Pearl Harbor and PTO
box 2, item 3
McWhorter, "Mac" -- Navy fighter pilot, PTO
box 2, item 4
Moranville, Blake -- Navy F6F pilot, PTO
box 2, item 5
Oliver, Guy -- USMC F4U pilot
box 2, item 6
Reiserer, Russel -- Navy F4F pilot, PTO
box 2, item 7
Runey, William "Bill" A. -- P-40 and 47 pilot
box 2, item 8
Smith, Troy -- P-38 pilot, PTO
box 2, item 10
Van Nada, Jim -- P-39 pilot
box 2, item 11
Voris, Butch -- Navy F4F and F6F pilot, PTO
box 2, item 12
Vraciu, Alex -- Navy fighter pilot, PTO
Japanese veterans
1997
Language of Material: Japanese.
Scope and Contents
Interviews with Japanese pilots and airmen conducted in Japan in 1997, in Japanese. Interviewees include veterans of the Pearl
Harbor attack, Midway, Guadalcanal and other Pacific campaigns. Titles taken from labels. 22 VHS videocassettes.
box 3, item 2
Ino, Takashi -- Type 97/Shien/Kamikaze pilot
box 3, item 3
Kimura, Hideo -- Base Service Officer
box 3, item 4
Komanshi, Sadamu -- Zero pilot
box 3, item 5
Konishi, Iwao -- Recon Floatplane pilot
box 3, item 6
Maeda, Takeshi -- KATE pilot
box 3, item 7
Maruo, Hozumi -- Kamikaze pilot trainee
box 3, item 8
Maruyama, Taisuke -- KATE/Type 97/Ginga pilot
box 3, item 9
Matsuda, Saiji -- Army Arty/MP Officer at Rabaul
box 3, item 10
Oguro, Shin-Ichi -- Human Torpedo pilot
box 3, item 11
Okazawa, Soichiro -- Aircraft mechanic
box 3, item 12
Onishi, Sadaaki --Zero-Kan (floatplane) pilot
box 3, item 13
Shiga, Yoshio -- Zero pilot
box 4, item 1
Sugano, Hiroya -- kid, story of Shenga Shrine
box 4, item 2
Takahara, Marekuni -- Ki-97 Emily crewman
box 4, item 3
Takahashi, Kinzo -- Ki-97 Emily pilot
box 4, item 4
Tamura, Heiji -- KATE middle seat
box 4, item 5
Tanaka, Kikuo -- Army Air Unit Service Officer
box 4, item 6
Watanabe, Makio -- Aircraft mechanic/Java Police
box 4, item 7
Yamada, Ryoichi -- Shiden/Shidenkai pilot
box 4, item 8
Yoshida, Jiro -- Pilot trainee
box 4, item 9
Yoshino, Haru -- KATE middle seat
German veterans
1993
Language of Material: In German and English.
Scope and Contents
Interviews with some of the top surviving U-boat commanders conducted in Germany in 1993, in German and English. Titles taken
from labels. 22 VHS videocassettes.
box 4, item 10
U-boat 995 ; Kretchmer (1)
box 5, item 1-2
Hardegan/Thater
General
Two VHS videocassettes that are both labeled as "Hardegan/Thater." Unclear from label if they are duplicates or parts of a
whole.
box 5, item 3
Thater and Game
Scope and Contents
Label on VHS videocassette also notes: "Plus alternate audio version of Kretchmer and Game from tape 11A."
box 5, item 4-7
Kretchmer
General
Two VHS videocassettes, noted here as tapes 4-5, that are both labeled as "Kretchmer" (also labeled by the donor as number
5 and 9/10). Unclear from label if they are duplicates or parts of a whole. There are two more VHS videocassettes, noted here
as tapes 6-7, that are also both labeled as "Kretchmer" (but, per the donor, as number 6 and 11/11A). Unclear from label if
they are duplicates or parts of a whole.
box 5, item 8-9
End of Kretchmer/top sub exterior
General
Two VHS videocassettes that are both labeled as "End of Kretchmer/top sub exterior." Unclear from label if they are duplicates
or parts of a whole.
box 6, item 1
Hess/sub
General
Two VHS videocassettes that are both labeled as "Hess/sub." Unclear from label if they are duplicates or parts of a whole.
box 6, item 2-3
U955/Van Oesten
General
Two VHS videocassettes that are both labeled as "U995/Van Oesten." Unclear from label if they are duplicates or parts of a
whole.
box 6, item 4-5
Westphalen/Grapp
General
Two VHS videocassettes that are both labeled as "Westphalen/Grapp." Unclear from label if they are duplicates or parts of
a whole.
box 6, item 6-7
Germany interviews/U995 interior
General
Two VHS videocassettes that are both labeled as "Germany interviews/U995 interior." Unclear from label if they are duplicates
or parts of a whole.
Miscellaneous Videorecordings
undated
Scope and Contents
Videorecordings on three VHS videocassettes.
box 6, item 8
Warbirds B-17, Tape 1
undated
Scope and Contents
Donor's label on tape case reads: "Warbirds - B-17, low res., window dub, Tape 1, raw footage." Label on tape itself reads:
"Thunderbolt, Window Dub."
box 6, item 9
Warbirds B-17, Tape 2
undated
Scope and Contents
Donor's labels on tape case and tape read: "Warbirds - B-17, window dub, Tape 2, 'The Memphis Belle' - 42:00."
box 6, item 10
Unlabeled tape
undated
Scope and Contents
Donor's note on tape case, written lightly in pencil, reads: "Historical footage spliced in."
box 7
CDs
undated
Scope and Contents
Twelve CDs. Ten of them are unlabeled, but are believed to contain photographs. Of the remaining two, one is labeled "National
Archives Images - Pacific War, Volume 1," and the other is labeled "UMF 223 War Diary."
World War II Photographs
1940s
Scope and Contents
World War II-era photographs taken by some of the interviewed veterans and given to John Bruning at the time of the interviews.
box 7, folder 1
Landscape and architecture
1940s
box 7, folder 3
Vehicles and equipment
1940s
box 7, folder 4
Ephemera
1940s
Scope and Contents
Consists of a cut-out article, "'Chute Program Begins For 45-C;" a blank delinquency report with the name J.E. Gabrio at the
top; a bill from the King Cotton hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina for J.E. Gabrio; and a map of Paris.
Photocopies of National Archives Records
1939-1944
box 7, folder 5
Reports re: Japanese forces and American aviation strategy
1939-1944
Scope and Contents
These photocopies of records from the National Archives include intelligence reports about Japanese forces at the start of
America's entry into World War II and American aviation strategy prior to World War II.
box 7, folder 6
War diary of Marine Scout Bombing Squadron Two Forty-One
June 1942
onsite digital
Digital Photographs and Videorecordings
2001-2010
General Physical Description note: 37,364 digital files (486 GB)
Scope and Contents note
These born-digital, color images depict US National Guard units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in New Orleans
in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In some cases, descriptions of the events and activities depicted were written by Bruning
and are included in the digital folder with the images. Several related articles by Bruning are also included.
The directory structure, folder names, and file names were retained by Hoover almost exactly as received from Bruning. The
directory structure consists of folders with descriptive names; it is the basis of the container list below. Some of the digital
file names are also descriptive, though many others follow an alphanumeric form generated by the camera, such as SUC50007.jpg.
Because the descriptive folder and file names were very long, occasionally exceeding the file system limit of some operating
systems, and contained many characters not recommended for file names, Hoover staff slightly altered some of them while retaining
their descriptive nature.
Some folders are noted as being empty. Because Bruning was not able to finish arranging and describing the material, Hoover
retained the empty folders in case they provide clues to some of the photographs that lack description. There is also a lot
of duplication of images in different subfolders, which may represent Bruning's unfinished work of sorting, arranging, and
describing the materials.
Some of the folder titles seem to suggest that the images within were created by someone other than Bruning. He probably collected
copies of some photographs taken by people he met. The photographs in the Devils Sandbox folder were all given to Bruning
by soldiers.
Several types of digital files are in the collection. Photographs are primarily JPG. Many of the JPGs also have a higher-quality
CR2 version, but only the JPG versions are available in the reading room. There are also some TIFs, all of which are available
in the reading room. Video recordings are typically short clips available as MOV or AVI files. Bruning's notes and articles
are in MS Word files; a PDF file with background information on the Haqqani Network is also included.
Devils Sandbox photos
2003-2005
General Physical Description note: circa 150 digital files
Scope and Contents note
These selected photographs taken by soldiers and given to Bruning detail the 2003-2005 deployment of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd
Infantry, Oregon National Guard to Iraq. The battalion fought in Baghdad, 2nd Najaf, the Sunni Triangle, and Fallujah from
March 2004 to March 2005. They suffered 9 killed in action and about 80 wounded in action out of 700. They were heavily engaged
during both Shia uprisings that year as well as the 2nd Battle of Fallujah in November.
41st Infantry Brigade in New Orleans Post-Katrina
2005
General Physical Description note: circa 1,600 digital files
Scope and Contents note
These photographs and video recordings relate to the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Oregon National Guard, which was deployed
to North Central New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. For a month, the men conducted patrols and searched for survivors
and human remains. Bruning deployed with them as a civilian embed, living with them on a concrete walkway in front of the
music hall at the New Orleans Baptist Seminary.
Operation Southern Comfort
B Co photos Sept 7 and 8 my Cam
7-8 September 2005
Bates camera Sept 11 evening patrol met Mimi first time
11 September 2005
Day patrol Indian Village Sept 10 morning and early afternoon B Co 2nd Plt
10 September 2005
IO article Sept 14
14 September 2005
Lt Miller camera patrol with BS Sept 9 morning
9 September 2005
Monday Sept 12 3 Patrols Bravo Co
12 September 2005
Night patrol number 1 Vinnie Dave John Sept 9 2100-2200
9 September 2005
Sept 8 and 9
8-9 September 2005
General note
Folder is empty.
Sept 9 patrol escort with Charlie
9 September 2005
General note
Folder is empty.
Sept 11 2 bus patrols 5 hours 1st Plt SFC Jacques
11 September 2005
Sept 13 night patrol and Dillard Patrol 1st and 2nd PLt
13 September 2005
Sept 15 3 patrols SFC Jacques Tagging
15 September 2005
General note
Folder is empty.
Sept 15 morning patrol Houston 3rd Plt
15 September 2005
General note
Folder is empty.
September 18 late photos
18 September 2005
General note
Folder is empty.
Woodke photos
General note
Folder is empty.
41st Infantry Brigade Training
2008-2010
General Physical Description note: circa 15,800 digital files
Scope and Contents note
Bruning founded and funded the 973rd Civilians on the Battlefield (973 COB), a nonprofit organization. This group of civilians
serves as the Oregon National Guard's (ONG) opposing force during drill weekends and field exercises. They dress as Sunni
or Shia or Taliban insurgents, use the appropriate tactics depending on whom they are modeling, and help prepare units for
combat and stability/support operations overseas. These training photographs and video recordings come from field exercises
with the 41st or 82nd Brigades, ONG that the 973rd attended. In August 2008, Bruning spent a month with Alpha Company, 2-162
at Gowen Field, Idaho, during the unit's final field training exercise before their second Iraq deployment, and images from
this time are also included.
Gowen field trip
August 2008
A Co Aug 11 village attack
11 August 2008
Additional B Co photos iteration 3 Aug 10
3 August 2008
Aug 12 A Co. village attack
12 August 2008
Staff photos Aug 8
8 August 2008
Travels with the BC and the TAC
August 13 last trip photos
13 August 2008
Idaho trip day 1 and 2
7-8 August 2008
Oregon NG photos July 8 John Bruning
8 July 2008
Edited TIF files BG David Enyeart
8 July 2008
Unedited photos BG David Enyeart
8 July 2008
Promotion ceremony Major Welch
8 July 2008
Saturday Aug 9 Gowen Field 08
9 August 2008
Sunday August 10 B Co village assault Gowen Field
10 August 2008
Afghanistan
Fall 2010
General Physical Description note: circa 19,700 digital files
Scope and Contents note
These photographs and video recordings document the deployment to Afghanistan of Bravo Company, 1-168 Aviation, a Boeing CH-47
Chinook heavy lift unit from Pendleton, Oregon. Another part of the unit came from the Washington National Guard and stationed
at Fort Lewis. The two detachments were merged and sent to FOB Shank in the summer of 2010 to conduct operations around Logar,
Wardak, and Gahzni provinces. Bruning joined them at Fort Hood in July of 2010 and was with them until early August, when
they deployed. Bruning joined Bravo 1-168 at FOB Shank on 5 September. The next day he began flying missions with the unit,
which was attached to TF Brawler, 4-3 Aviation, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. Mixed in with 1-168 were
men and women from 5-158 Aviation, "Big Windy," out of Germany. They were at the end of their deployment and Bruning ultimately
left Shank with them in November 2010.
Bravo 1-168 flew a variety of missions, including Air Mission Requests (AMRs). These routine requests from ground units were
for personnel movement or supply/equipment deliveries. They usually involved hopscotching around the province to different
FOBs to bring stuff in or pull people out. The unit also conducted air assault missions to insert troops into landing zones
and extract them after their missions were complete. It also flew missions to deliver swing sets to local villages as part
of the COIN (counter-insurgency) campaign to connect citizens in rural areas to their government in Kabul, carried ballots
and election officials to remote villages, and participated in a battalion-level night air assault in the Charkh Valley.
Bruning also captured some other events. In mid-October he flew to FOB Leatherneck and embedded with the 162 Engineers, Oregon
National Guard, for its final route clearance mission. Bruning returned to FOB Shank at the end of October. His final images
document his departure from Afghanistan on November 1. He went out with 5-158 to FOB Sharona, then to Kandahar, where he said
goodbye to the "Big Windy" troops. From there he flew via C-17 to Kuwait, and then to Bilad, Iraq. He caught a medical flight
to Ramstein, Germany, then a final C-17 that stopped at Gander, Canada, before landing at McChord AFB, Washington, which he
reached five days after leaving FOB Shank.
Articles and blog entries
Marne Air 3rd CAB backgroud to deployment
Nature of the enemy in Logar Province
Scope and Contents note
Consists of one item, "The Haqqani Network: From Pakistan to Afghanistan," by Jeffrey A. Dressler, in
Afghanistan Report 6, published by the Institute for the Study of War
Non-Mission in-country photographs
100310 flight line shots on Sunday
October 16 2010 with 162 Engineers FOB Leatherneck
16 October 2010
October 17 2010 with 162 Engineers
17 October 2010
October 19 2010 with 162 Engineers brief
19 October 2010
October 26 2010 flight line at sunset
26 October 2010
Mission 00 090510 flight to Shank from Bagram with 1-168
5 September 2010
Mission 01 090610 RPG attack at Tangi
6 September 2010
Mission 02 090710 swing set
7 September 2010
Mission 03 090810 Tangi twice weapons cache
8 September 2010
Mission 04 090910 sling loads at sunrise
9 September 2010
Anson Smith and Captain Hoffman pilots
Mission 05 091010 face of the enemy
10 September 2010
Morning air assault John and Joe single engine 173 abb I flew with Eric and Kyle
Mission 06 091110 swing wet II
11 September 2010
Morning swing set delivery and afternoon air assault pick up with Apaches
Mission 07 091210 John Joe Carmen air assault Tangi slingload twice
12 September 2010
Mission 08 091510 Afghani commando insertion Bob and Anson chalk 2 Eric and Kyle chalk 1
15 September 2010
Mission 09 091610 Joe and Carmen chalk 1 15k, ballots, hinds
16 September 2010
Mission 10 091710 Polish FOB incident
17 September 2010
Mission 11 091810 election day mayhem
18 September 2010
Mission 12 091910 hot LZ Ageristan Bob and Carmen got mortared and zoo on hilltop with ANA and LN
19 September 2010
Mission 13 092210 Shulak air assault and knock and talk
22 September 2010
Mission 14 092310 battalion air assault in Chark Valley flying with LTC Ault
23 September 2010
Mission 15 092610 Bagram Tangi IED and SAF attack and Kyle's act of bravery
26 September 2010
Mission 16 092910 Bob and Anson Ryan, Sully and Jerrik Tangi SAF
29 September 2010
Mission 17 093010 flight to Altimur Czech heavy weapons shoot
30 September 2010
Mission 18 100410 Sorkh Ab Valley with Czechs
4 October 2010
Mission 19 100810 Bob and Anson Sully and Sgt Pollard sunrise over Chinooks ghazni and slingloads plus water to Tangi
8 October 2010
Mission 20 100910 Hoshnapur KLE
9 October 2010
Mission 21 101310 KLE Sorkh Ab Caccas house for tea and lunch
13 October 2010
Mission 22 102010 route cleance to COP Cryptic 162 Engineers
20 October 2010
Mission 23 Blackhearts - Col Ault's grand tour
Mission 24 103110 brawler 6 Charkh Valley
31 October 2010
Mission 25 110110 exfil with Big Windy to Kandahar via Sharona
31 October 2010
C17 Kandahar to Kuwait to Bilad to Ramstein to Gandar to McChord
Pre-Deployment 1-168 training photos
Bravo 1-168 at Ft Hood predeployment training