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Company Works to Flush Out Taliban During 'Rock Avalanche' |
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007 |
Original Source: Armed Forces Press Service
Company Works to Flush Out Taliban During ‘Rock Avalanche’By Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Caldwell, USA
Special to American Forces Press Service
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Oct. 31, 2007 – Under the cover of darkness, soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne), air-assaulted about three miles south of their forward operating bases in the Pech River Valley earlier this month as part of Operation Rock Avalanche.
Army Sgt. Chad Mohr (left) watches rounds land on target as Army Spc. David Hooker fires the MK19 machine gun at a known insurgent position Oct. 24, 2007, during Operation Rock Avalanche. The "Dragon Platoon" soldiers of Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne), were occupying a ridgeline between the Pech and Shuryak river valleys in Afghanistan’s Kunar province. U.S. Army photo
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