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Scouts scale Afghan mountains to disrupt insurgents
March 19, 2013
By Spc. Brian J. Smith Dutton (FORSCOM)
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Scouts scale Afghan mountains to disrupt insurgents
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan " Soldiers assigned to Blue Platoon, Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), discuss possible movement routes through the mountainous terrain...
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Scouts scale Afghan mountains to disrupt insurgents
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan " Soldiers assigned to Blue Platoon, Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct movement through the mountainous terrain during a...
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Scouts scale Afghan mountains to disrupt insurgents
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan " U.S. Army Spc. Eric Hulbig, a cavalry scout assigned to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pulls over watch security during a...
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Scouts scale Afghan mountains to disrupt insurgents
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan " Soldiers assigned to Blue Platoon, Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct a dismounted patrol through the mountainous terrain in...
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Soldiers assigned to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conducted a dismounted patrol in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in order to disrupt possible insurgent activity in Musa Khel District, Afghanistan, March 6.
The dismount patrol consisted of a 12-mile movement through the mountainous terrain in order to enter a village inaccessible by road.
Forces visited the village to disrupt any potential insurgent activity occurring within the village and encourage the villagers to work with their local Afghan security forces.