8 September 2009

Task Force Khowst rehearses for Operation Raven on Aug 30 2009 Operation RavenTask Force Khowst rehearses for Operation Raven on Aug. 30, 2009. Operation Raven is a joint operation involving Task Force Khowst and 2nd Afghan Commandos to search for an IED cell operating in east of Khowst City, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire / RELEASED ) 090830-A-2946F-030

Task Force Khowst prepare to conduct a cordon and search as part of Operation Raven, A 31 t 2009 O ti R i j i t ti i l i T k F Kh t dAug. 31st, 2009. Operation Raven is a joint operation involving Task Force Khowst and 2nd Afghan Commandos to search for an IED cell operating in an area east of Khowst City, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire / RELEASED ) 090831-A-2946F-069

Task Force Khowst commandos provide security during Operation Raven, Aug. 31st, 2009 Operation Raven is a joint operation involving Task Force Khowst and 2nd Afghan2009. Operation Raven is a joint operation involving Task Force Khowst and 2nd Afghan Commandos to search for an IED cell operating in an area east of Khowst City, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire / RELEASED ) 090831-A-2946F-395

U.S. Army Spc. Stephan Franklin, assigned to Alpha Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion 3rd Brigade Combat Team 10th Mountain Division sits on a tree branch whileBattalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, sits on a tree branch while providing security during a patrol along the river bank in the Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan in search for improvised explosives devices on Aug. 28, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade / Released) 090828-A-6365W-037

U S Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company BSTB 3/10th Mountain DivisionU.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, BSTB, 3/10th Mountain Division, extract fellow Soldiers from a water tunnel in Logar Province, Afghanistan on August 28, 2009 after searching the tunnel for insurgent activity. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Richard W. Jones Jr./Released) 090828-A-1748J-055

A Coalition Forces soldier emplaces an M18A1 Claymore mine at Border Control Point 6 Khowst province Afghanistan onPoint 6, Khowst province, Afghanistan on Sep. 3, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire / RELEASED ) 090903-A-2946F-177

Task Force Khowst commandos test fire a ZSU23 machine gun at Border Control Point 6, Khowst province, Afghanistan on Sep. 3, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire / RELEASED ) 090903-A-2946F-698

U.S. Army Spc. Roy Dutton, top, 26, from San Antonio, Texas, grapples with Pvt. James Rogers, 20, from Fort Smith, AK., during combatives practice in their down time at COP T i i th W d k P i f Af h i t A 31 2009 B th S ldiTangi in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan on Aug. 31, 2009. Both Soldiers are assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade / Released) 090831-A-6365W-095

Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter approaches the landing zone at COP Tangi in y p pp g grdak Province of Afghanistan on Sept. 2, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Released) 090902-A-6365W-025

han truck driver and his passenger wait inside their vehicle while U.S. Army s assigned to the 41st Engineers Company out of Fort Riley Kansas inspects assigned to the 41st Engineers Company, out of Fort Riley, Kansas, inspect uspicious site for improvised explosive devices during a route clearance mission

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sun sets, a heavy thunder storm approaches COP Sayedabad in the Wardak

Task Force Khowst commandos prepare dinner at Border Control Point 6 in Khowst province Afghanistan on Sep. 3, 2009. (U S Army photo by Spc Matthew Freire /

Task Force Khowst commando cleans the wounds of a local Afghan man after hiswounds of a local Afghan man after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in the Khowst province of Afghanistan on Aug. 28, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire / RELEASED )

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my Sgt. Lance Becker, 23, from Grand Mount, Iowa, and other Soldiers assigned Platoon Apache Company 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment 3rd BrigadePlatoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade t Team, 10th Mountain Division, conduct a dismounted patrol across the Tangi

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my Soldiers from 1st and 3rd Platoons, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th R i t 3 d B i d C b t T 10th M t i Di i i li b t i Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division climb a mountain

the Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan during a dismounted

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my Pvt. Richard Lawrence provides over watch security from an observation post y p y pmountains above the Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan on Aug.

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