TF Spartan Scouts aid AUP on Gardez presence patrol

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Written by U.S. Army Spc. Ken Scar, RC-East PAO Monday, 20 February 2012 09:04

 

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Guy Cooper, from Fort Richardson, Alaska, a Scout with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, passes two local women during a presence patrol with the Afghan Uniform Police through the icy streets of Gardez, Feb. 16. The scout unit was assisting local Afghan Uniformed Police on the presence patrol around the city. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton, from Clinton, Conn., Team B Leader for 2nd Squad, Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, pulls security on a side street with his team during a presence patrol with the Afghan Uniformed Police in the city of Gardez, Feb. 16. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — An Afghan boy stands amid U.S. Army Scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan as they pull security in his neighborhood in the city of Gardez, Feb. 16. The Soldiers were stopped while Afghan Uniformed Police questioned several men who were caught smoking hashish during a presence patrol around the city. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — A U.S. Army Scout from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan trudges through the icy city streets of Gardez with a broken crampon, Feb. 16. The scout unit was assisting local Afghan Uniformed Police on a presence patrol around the city. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — U.S. Army Scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, pile into a small room to rest for a few hours after walking through the night, in minus four-degree temperatures, from Forward Operating Base Gardez into the city of Gardez, Feb. 16. The room, which was heated by a small wood-burning stove, was provided to them by the local Afghan Uniformed Police at the police headquarters building. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — U.S. Army Pvt. Tim Walsh, from Norco, Calif., Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, shares a laugh with a battle buddy on the streets of Gardez, Feb. 16. His unit was assisting local Afghan Uniformed Police on a presence patrol around the city. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar, 7th MPAD)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Fenton, from Clinton, Conn., Team B Leader for 2nd Squad, Scouts, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, exchanges greetings with a member of the Afghan Border Police during a presence patrol with the Afghan Uniformed Police in the city of Gardez, Feb. 16. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Emanuel Zamai, a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police in the city of Gardez, gets a fire started for U.S. Army Scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, who walked through the night in minus four-degree temperatures to assist the AUP on a presence patrol through the city, Feb. 16. The AUP provided the room for the scouts to rest in for a couple of hours before heading out into the city. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — U.S. Army Scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, patrol the outskirts of the city of Gardez behind a unit of local Afghan Uniformed Police, Feb. 16. The scout unit was assisting local AUP on a presence patrol around the city.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

 

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