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Just in case anyone has forgotten what Canadian soldiers faced when we were in Afghanistan, this is a heat map of all the IED's in Kandahar from 2005-2009. Feel free to share it with anyone who forgets what we dealt with, and wonders if we were putting it on the line as much as anyone else.

CFR FROM C/S 61B POST IED STRIKE Oct 25, 2008 - 1328 Hrs While on patrol 61B rolled over and detonated a pressure plate activated IED consisting of a 155mm artillery shell and land mine. Driver sustained signifigant polytrauma injuries and was evacuated to KAF ROLE 3 for surgery and stabilization before being sent to Bagram, Landstuhl, and repatriated to Sunnybrook in Toronto for ongoing surgery and medical care. More photos and details to come. CC - MCpl Christopher Keith GNR - Cpl Theoret GIB - Tpr Aaron Woodley Driver - Tpr Gregory Linton 🇨🇦 Canada · RCD D SQN · Task Force 3-08 · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/kkzmyudjdx #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

Project Athena is a living archive dedicated to preserving the personal stories and photographs of Veterans who served in Afghanistan during Operation Athena (2001–2021). Built by veterans, for veterans — the platform lets anyone who was there pinpoint exactly where their photo was taken on an interactive map, attach a date and personal story, and contribute to a shared record of service that will never be forgotten. Every submission helps ensure the human side of Canada's longest military mission is preserved for generations to come. 📸Canadian Forces soldiers grab a moment of normalcy at the Tim Hortons on Kandahar Airfield's famous fast-food row, just steps from the base hockey rink — December 2006. 📸Ontario reservists serving with the OMLT pose at COP Lion in the village of Nakhonay, the same soldiers who would later be featured in the documentary Desert Lions: Canadian Forces Mentors in Kandahar — August 2010. 📸Soldiers from Task Force 1-07 head out to Tarnak Farm to zero their weapons in the final days of February 2007, surrounded by the ruins of destroyed compounds that defined the early days of the mission. Have a photo from your time in Afghanistan? Upload your story today at projectathena.ca and help keep the memory alive

POST BLAST OF AMERICAN CONVOY Cdn convoy heading W along LAKE EFFECT just after an American convoy hit an IED on MONCTON. 🇨🇦 Canada · 1CER · Task Force 3-09 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/tbscdeirhl #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

ANOTHER JDAM More Cow Bell 1-32 Inf BDE Aco 2nd PLT 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/ihfpjkmuzu #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

CAMP SCORPION Camp Scorpion flag poles with the Ghar in the background. 🇺🇸 United States · 75 RR · Operation Aegis 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/acqjgjwwvs #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

MILLAYWAN CHECKPOINT RESCUE A QRF mission out of Ma'Sum Ghar in support of ANP station that had been attacked. 3RCR rolling heavy with tanks supported by infantry walked in to help ANP remove the dead and wounded. Not much left of the place or the local police by the time they arrived. Total guess on this route based on the photos and the classic Afghan school building shape at the end. Somewhere west of Rte Summit a couple of miles, but relying on twenty year-old memories, so yeah. Definitely, give this route/destination side-eye scepticism. 🇨🇦 Canada · 3RCR · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/kribtnvdba #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

HOWZ-E-MADAD POLICE STATION QRF QRF out of MaSum Ghar after the police station came under attack. Capt. Ryan Sheppard, Bbdr. Adam Holmes, Cpl. Daniel Dignard, Cpl. Joshua Whitehall, Pvt. Mark Amos. 3RCR · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/zbtpstfamc #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

CHRISTMAS EVE RECOVERY WOES 3rd EID hit in 24 hours, after the death of LT Nuttal. Always fallow the track plan boys and girls. , by the evening I was so concussed I had to be medivaced to the role 3 in KAF and spent my night getting rocks picked out of my face and arm. By the morning I could barley see my face was so swollen. 🇨🇦 Canada · 1PPCLI Dcoy · Task Force 3-09 · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/gdzoubktdf #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

MILLAYWAN CHECKPOINT RESCUE A QRF mission out of Ma'Sum Ghar in support of ANP station that had been attacked. 3RCR rolling heavy with tanks supported by infantry walked in to help ANP remove the dead and wounded. Not much left of the place or the local police by the time they arrived. Total guess on this route based on the photos and the classic Afghan school building shape at the end. Somewhere west of Rte Summit a couple of miles, but relying on twenty year-old memories, so yeah. Definitely, give this route/destination side-eye scepticism. 🇨🇦 Canada · 3RCR · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/nxwzvixydf #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

RANGE WORK Early tour shooting 🇨🇦 Canada · 8 Pl C Coy 3PPCLI (2 RCR BG) · Task Force 1-07 · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/xeisxcyeyr #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

ADV TO CONTACT Adv to contact to take ground for construction of PSS's to the south. 🇨🇦 Canada · 1CER · Task Force 3-07 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/apsqkdccix #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

IED FIND 12 JAN 2011 Bulldog Coy IRF and US EOD team investigate an IED found by an afghan road construction crew. 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/ddgaaydtwx #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

PATROL PREP Mission brief before patrol from Bella 2-1-201st Corps & TF Phoenix 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/jrcqwsucol #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

POST IED TF 3-07 IED Crater 🇨🇦 Canada · Task Force 3-07 · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/gmhgugkuko #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

@LeafandThistle I dont know, I didnt write the description 😁 You gotta ask the 1 VP soldier

@TFProjectAthena Oscar Coy, 1RCR🤔

LAST DAYS OF TF3-09 One of our last walk abouts out of PB Panjshir. We handed over with Oscar Coy 1RCR, who I understand had a pretty rough time, eventually moving to a new spot (Basha?) after we left. I think the school was the ideal spot, close enough to Chalghor that you could get in there in a hurry. I think moving further away just let the bad guys see you coming. 🇨🇦 Canada · 2 Pl A Coy 1PPCLI · Task Force 3-09 · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/yrpqfkqggd #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

KIA: MCPL SCOTT VERNELLI KIA: 20 March 2009 MCpl Scott Vernelli 3 RCR N-Coy 🇨🇦 Canada · 3 RCR N-Coy · Task Force 3-08 · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/hfwetquzex #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

CONSTRUCTION AT CANADIAN LINES 🇨🇦 Canada · Task Force Kandahar · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/kffccxrmki #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF

FOB MA'SUM GHAR View of the camp looking back from OP2 before it got all fancy. 🇨🇦 Canada · 3RCR · Operation Athena 📷 One of thousands of photos in the Project Athena archive. Have photos from Afghanistan? Add yours at projectathena.ca 🗺 View on the map → f.mtr.cool/cuownipwux #ProjectAthena #Afghanistan #GWOT #ISAF