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Counter Narcotics

1988; US Army assistance to the Bolivia Govt to ID & raid jungle drug labs; Trinidad, Bolivia
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  • Street scene, Trinidad, Bolivia

    Street scene, Trinidad, Bolivia

  • Mud guard tower to a Bolivian Air Force (AF) training site at the same runway where we operated from

    Mud guard tower to a Bolivian Air Force (AF) training site at the same runway where we operated from

  • Field tattoo- with a thorn and ashes

    Field tattoo- with a thorn and ashes

  • Recovery operations.  The fuel truck became stuck, so the cargo truck (facing camera) tried to pull it free.  When the cargo truck became mired, the fork lift was used to free it, and subsequently, the fuel truck.  Nothing is easy.

    Recovery operations. The fuel truck became stuck, so the cargo truck (facing camera) tried to pull it free. When the cargo truck became mired, the fork lift was used to free it, and subsequently, the fuel truck. Nothing is easy.

  • Wind & dust storm

    Wind & dust storm

  • Next day... a rain storm

    Next day... a rain storm

  • Posting the nightly guard force

    Posting the nightly guard force

  • Executive aircraft parking

    Executive aircraft parking

  • Hand loading 50-gal water blivets for a remote base

    Hand loading 50-gal water blivets for a remote base

  • USAF C-130 cargo plane with a 3,000-gallon bladder installed for fuel delivery forward

    USAF C-130 cargo plane with a 3,000-gallon bladder installed for fuel delivery forward

  • Maintenance facility (open runway area) for the DC-3 supporting in-country cargo deliveries

    Maintenance facility (open runway area) for the DC-3 supporting in-country cargo deliveries

  • Bolivian airman maintaining some earth moving equipment

    Bolivian airman maintaining some earth moving equipment

  • In between operations; US Army contingent's commo shack

    In between operations; US Army contingent's commo shack

  • Engine replacement, UH-60 helicopter

    Engine replacement, UH-60 helicopter

  • Living quarters, with cots under ponchos (after a wind & rain squall)

    Living quarters, with cots under ponchos (after a wind & rain squall)

  • Chillaxin'

    Chillaxin'

  • Laundry day

    Laundry day

  • A gator that got too close to a guard post

    A gator that got too close to a guard post

  • Bolivian airmen moving bags of rice

    Bolivian airmen moving bags of rice

  • Two Bolivian UMOPAR with photographer Bob Ross (holding a bag of pure cocaine)

    Two Bolivian UMOPAR with photographer Bob Ross (holding a bag of pure cocaine)

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