not titled [Day trip in Dubai]

Robert Cooper served in Afghanistan 2010-2011. He was deployed as an ASLAV gunner with 2 Cavalry Regiment as part of MTF-2 (Mentoring Task Force – Rotation 2), based in Uruzgan Province.

While on deployment, Cooper was able to sketch and write in his journal, and he also recorded footage of troop movements and the local Afghan people. Cooper was discharged in early 2011. Once home, he produced a sequenced set of 346 works on paper, referring back to the notes and footage he made in Afghanistan so that he could tell the story of his deployment with absolute accuracy. Cooper wanted to show people exactly what he had witnessed and experienced at war.

Trooper Cooper wrote the following description of the work in his diary:
Sept 28 2010 Dubai
An organised day trip into Dubai by bus
- Walked through the city markets
- Boat voyage in the harbour and a visit to the Dubai mall
I purchased a Rolex watch.... At a cheap price, from a local trader
The rest of my fellow troopers had a great laugh... and kept asking to see my genuine Rolex
The watch looked and worked just for about a week ----