No Slack scouts, mortarmen guard Marawara

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Written by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Monday, 12 July 2010 04:41

 

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Larry W. Reed, of Quincy, Fla., an infantryman with the Mortar Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, prepares ammunition while providing security at Helicopter Landing Zone Hawk high above the Marawara District in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, July 4. Coalition forces pushed insurgents out of the district days earlier and are setting up permanent outposts to prevent insurgents from returning to the area. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle V. Johnson, of Momence, Ill., a team leader with the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, scans the valley below through a scope and a spider net while pulling security at Helicopter Landing Zone Hawk high above the Marawara District in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, July 4. The spider net prevents glare from giving his position away. Coalition forces pushed insurgents out of the district days earlier and are setting up permanent outposts to prevent insurgents from returning to the area. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pvt. Michael L. Stephenson, of Bell, Fla., an indirect fire infantryman with the Mortar Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, adjust the sights of his 81mm mortar system at Helicopter Landing Zone Hawk high above the Marawara District in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, July 5. Coalition forces pushed insurgents out of the district only days earlier and are setting up permanent outposts to prevent insurgents from returning to the area. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Alex L. Kentner of Mountain View, Mo., a scout observer and U.S. Army Pfc. Roy A. Arney II, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., a radio telephone operator, observe mortar fire and call in adjustments at Helicopter Landing Zone Hawk high above the Marawara District in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, July 5. Both Soldiers are with the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack. The mortar mission was aimed at a nearby hillside where insurgents were observed. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Roy A. Arney II, of Sault Ste Marie, Mich., a radio telephone operator obtains a grid using a GPS for a mortar fire mission above the Marawara District in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province on July 5. The mortar mission was targeted towards a nearby hillside where insurgents were observed. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Frank K. Copass, of Thompkinsville, Ky., a radio telephone operator with the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, mans an automatic grenade launcher while pulling security above Helicopter Landing Zone Hawk near the Marawara District in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, July 6. Coalition forces pushed insurgents out of the District only days earlier and are now setting up permanent outposts to prevent insurgents from returning to the area. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

 

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