"The COIN War"

Victor J Blue

The Stockton Record

Children cry as soldiers of 1st Platoon Charlie Co. of the 2/87 Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade 10th Mountain Division based at COP Sayedabad detain their father for having hidden materials that could be used in the manufacture of IED's as they conduct an air assault on the village of Lachikhel in the Tangi Valley in Wardak province, Afghanistan Friday June 5, 2009. Most detainees taken by the 3/10 are turned over to local authorities in an effort to bolster and legitimize local governance; only the highest value detainees are sent to Bagram for interrogation.

Victor J Blue, " "The COIN War"," in POYi Archive, Item #43619, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/43619 (accessed June 14, 2025).