Viewed this blog entry on Teru Kumayana’s work in Afghanistan over 5 1/2 months. An award-winning photojournalist, Kumayana spent 10 years taking photos in Afghanistan for Newsweek and NGOs, and “five years trying to get out.” Realizing that “his photos didn’t end the war,” he went looking for “a different approach”. He was invited by a Marine officer whom he’d met 6 years before in Eastern Afghanistan to join his Batallion of over 1000 marines for a tour in Helmand, Southern Afghanistan. To his suprise, the officer obtained permission from …