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Picture of Gregory Marston next to a Humwvee - Sather AB, Iraq 2006
Adopt-a-Village Program - Afghanistan 2003
Chavis Turret, version 2 - Sather AB, Iraq 2006 (Marston, far left), Lt Gen North (fourth from left)
DFAC Opening, Christmas 2006 - Sather AB, 2006
Kid Rock visit to Sather AB - Iraq 2006
Airmen in bomb shelter during 4th Readiness Exercise - Sather AB, Iraq 2006
"Glass House" which was the headquarters to the 447th AEG - Sather AB, Iraq 2006
Marston talking to Airmen upon the opening of the base’s first dining tent - Sather AB, Iraq 2006 (Chapter 5 - CRISIS IN BAGHDAD)
Emergency combat First Aid practice at night - Sather AB, 2006 (Chap 6, CRISIS IN BAGHDAD)
Commanders Call, Dec 2006. Marston gave a 45 minute safety and morale-boosting briefing to every member of his USAF Group in - Sather, late Dec, 2006 (Chap 12, CRISIS IN BAGHDAD)
Marston briefing his maintenance Airmen in the A-10 hangar. These outstanding mechanics performed the first phase inspections at that base. - Bagram AB, Afghanistan, April, 2003.
Mission briefing to the U.S. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff - Bagram AB, 2003
Marston during the first "Adopt-a-Village" visit. This humanitarian program, started my Marston, grew to help six Afghan villages using donated items sent by American citizens (upcoming chapter: IN THE SHADOW OF THE HINDU KUSH) . - Bagram AB, January, 2003
War damage to a taxiway - Bagram AB, Nov, 2002
Marston explaining the extremely serious Bagram runway problems to the U.S. Army commander of the Afghan War (Lt Gen McNeill) the day after he approved Marston's Five Year Building Plan. This $100 million construction program eventually transformed the base making it safer, more functional and livable - Bagram AB, May, 2003
This was a representative section of the Bagram runway which showed how poorly constructed and maintained the runway was when the American military arrived in 2001. It was in horrible condition and was deteriorating rapidly due to overuse. It was definitely the worst runway used by U.S. aircraft in the world. -
Marston with the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, Gen Myers, after he gave him a Bagram mission brief. Myers was the top general in the U.S. military at that time and Marston gave the only military briefing to him during his brief visit.- Bagram AB, Dec, 2002
OV-10 "Bronco". An Forward Air Control (FAC) aircraft Marston flew in Korea early in his career.
Senator McCain visit - Sather AB, Iraq 2006
447 AEG Headquarters Staff - Sather AB, Iraq 2007
Fire House Day - Sather AB, Iraq 2006
Marston meeting the Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice - Sather AB, Iraq 2006 (Chapter 6, pg 72 - CRISIS IN BAGHDAD)
Iraq Campaign Medal Presentation with Certificate. The 447th AEg was the only unit in Iraq to present the medal with a certificate to all its personnel at the end of their tour - Sather AB, December 2006 (Chapter 11, CRISIS IN BAGHDAD)
The deficient USAF gunnery turret that helped cause Airmen Chavis's death by a sniper in Baghdad in Oct 2006. This event propelled Marston to organize the effort within his unit to create a far safer and more functional gunnery turret. called the "Chavis Turret", which was eventually built and used through Air Force vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan. - Sather AB, 2006 (Chapter 1, CRISIS IN BAGHDAD)
"State Street" - an morale effort spearheaded by Marston to paint every state and territory flag on the giant shield barriers entering the base - (Chap 11, pg 114, CRISIS IN BAGHDAD)
An Apache helicopter flying over the Iraq-Iran War memorial in 2006.
Marston just before he flew an A-10A "Warthog" combat mission over Afghanistan (56 combat sorties there) - Bagram AB, Nov 2002
"Meet the Warlords" - Marston in a meeting with warlords from five villages. This was his second "Adopt-a-Village" visit, where he and members of the 455th EOG presented food and packages raised from citizens in the United States to destitute Afghan villages (upcoming chapter in his memoir called: IN THE SHADOW OF THE HINDU KUSH) - Bagram AB, Afghanistan, Jan, 2003.
"Parting Gift" from the 455th EOG near the end of his tour at Bagram. This concrete slab eventually became part of a major GWOT memorial in Pennsylvania (upcoming chapter in his memoir: IN THE SHADOW OF THE HINDU KUSH) - Bagram AB, 2002
Talking to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force - Bagram AB, 2003
Marston in an A-10 - Bagram AB, 2002
Rescue of a Danish F-16 aircraft by a U.S. Army helicopter organized by Marston. The F-16 ran off the runway and into a mine field, which was why it could be retrieved only by helicopter (upcoming chapter in memoir: IN THE SHADOW OF THE HINDU KUSH). - Bagram AB, Dec 2002
C-130 accident. Thankfully, there were no injuries in this Class A accident. Prevented TV Host David Letterman from arriving at Bagram and his planned filming of the 455th EOG personnel for a Christmas show. - Bagram AB, Afghanistan, Dec, 2002.
Explosions were common during this time in the war. Note the Army helicopters in the foreground. - Bagram AB, April, 2003
A-10s from Marston's unit over Kuwait City, Kuwait in 1995. Marston was the 103rd Fighter Squadron Operations Officer (Exec Officer in Navy terminology) for this 3-month deployment for Iraq missions.