Katie and me in Bangkok

Kat and I spent a week in Thailand in early May. Our only real tourist activity was seeing this reclining Buddha. We're on our way to the Philippines now.

Embed with Marines

Here are some pictures from my three week embed in Helmand province in April/May. Hot as hell and surrounded by poppy plants. The platoon I was with traded fire with Taliban militants about twice a day -- morning and evening. We had to take cover for incoming rockets, but I never really felt in danger.

The first pic is me taking a picture of AP Photographer David Guttenfelder. The photo he was taking here was on the front page of the NY Times on May 3.


The foreground isn't poppy, but the background is:


This is a photo of several dozen resupply parachutes being dropped outside of a firebase in Helmand province.

Military movies

Here are some movies I took with my little Cannon point and shoot camera while on the embed with the Marines in Helmand province.