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knifeintheskull:

Alpine soldiers carry the coffin of Corp. Maj. Matteo Miotto, killed by sniper fire in Gulistan district in western Farah province, Afghanistan, on Friday Dec. 31, 2010, upon the arrival at Ciampino military airport, near Rome, Italy on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

knifeintheskull:

Alpine soldiers carry the coffin of Corp. Maj. Matteo Miotto, killed by sniper fire in Gulistan district in western Farah province, Afghanistan, on Friday Dec. 31, 2010, upon the arrival at Ciampino military airport, near Rome, Italy on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP photo/Alessandra Tarantino)


semperannoying:

The Italian Army

semperannoying:

The Italian Army


retrowar:

Salute

retrowar:

Salute


Italian Alpine soldiers carry the coffins of the four soldiers who died in Afghanistan on Saturday when a bomb exploded as their military convoy passed insurgents and the troops came under fire. Ciampino military airport, near Rome, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italian Alpine soldiers carry the coffins of the four soldiers who died in Afghanistan on Saturday when a bomb exploded as their military convoy passed insurgents and the troops came under fire. Ciampino military airport, near Rome, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)


An Italian soldier of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands guard as an Afghan boy aims a toy pistol inside Herat’s prison, western Afghanistan September 14, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

An Italian soldier of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands guard as an Afghan boy aims a toy pistol inside Herat’s prison, western Afghanistan September 14, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi



picturesofwar:

The thousand-yard stare:
An Italian soldier after three straight days of fighting with the Taliban.
Bala Murghab, Afghanistan.

picturesofwar:

The thousand-yard stare:

An Italian soldier after three straight days of fighting with the Taliban.

Bala Murghab, Afghanistan.


Italian ISAF soldiers carry a coffin during a memorial service for six soldiers killed after a suicide car bomb hit a military convoy on the main airport road near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul in September 2009.

Italian ISAF soldiers carry a coffin during a memorial service for six soldiers killed after a suicide car bomb hit a military convoy on the main airport road near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul in September 2009.