Nothing stops Paratroopers’ mission

Written by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs Sunday, 02 August 2009 16:33

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Sgt. 1st Class Lance Amsden, platoon sergeant for the 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, watches as CH-47 Chinook Helicopters circle above during a dust storm at Forward Operating Base Kushamond, Afghanistan, July 17, during preparation for an air-assault mission. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Public Affairs)

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Paratroopers from the 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, wait in a dust storm for the beginning of an air assault mission at Forward Operating Base Kushamond, Afghanistan, July 17. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Public Affairs)

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Paratroopers from the 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, watch as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter begins its decent during a dust storm at Forward Operating Base Kushamond, Afghanistan, July 17, in preparation for an air-assault mission. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Public Affairs)

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