Troops September 11, 2011: Good Morning, Afghanistan By Mark Thompson Sept. 13, 2011 Share Read Later Send to Kindle Army Private Seth Burke Thompson and Specialist Wade Whiting greet the dawn while manning one of the .50-caliber machine guns on Observation Post 1 above Forward Operating Base Tillman, in Paktia province, Afghanistan, on September 11, 2011 / Army photo by Ken Scar