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A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to 3-505th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, armed with a 7.62mm M240G machine gun secure the Landing Zone (LZ) at objective Berreta, the first objective in a series during Operation Mountain Sweep. Operation Mountain Sweep is the largest US Offensive in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, armed with 5.56mm M4 carbines with 40mm M203 grenade launcher attached, prepare to enter and clear a room, while searching for weapons at Objective Pickett, located in the Paktika province of Afghanistan, during Operation Mountain Sweep. Operation Mountain sweep is the largest US Military offensive in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 3-505th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, armed with 5.56mm M4 carbines, offload from a USA CH-47 Chinook helicopter to secure the landing zone (LZ) at Objective Deringer, located in the mountains of Afghanistan, during Operation Mountain Sweep. Operation Mountain sweep is the largest US Military offensive in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 3-505th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, rest aboard a USA CH-47 Chinook helicopter, enroute to objective Berreta, the first objective in a series during Operation Mountain Sweep. Operation Mountain Sweep is the largest US Offensive in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 3-505th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, armed with a 7.62mm M240G machine gun and a 5.56mm M4 carbine secure the Landing Zone (LZ) at objective Berreta, the first objective in a series during Operation Mountain Sweep. Operation Mountain Sweep is the largest US Offensive in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda. (SUBSTANDARD)

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, sights through the scope attached to his 7.62mm M21 sniper rifle during a search and destroy mission in the mountains of ADI Ghar, Afghanistan, during Operation Mongoose

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, sights through the scope attached to his 7.62mm M21 sniper rifle during a search and destroy mission in the mountains of ADI Ghar, Afghanistan, during Operation Mongoose

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, sights through the scope attached to his 7.62mm M21 sniper rifle during a search and destroy mission in the mountains of ADI Ghar, Afghanistan, during Operation Mongoose

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 505th and 1ST Battalion 504th, Parachute Infantry Regiments, 82nd Airborne Division, assemble around their convoy of heavily armed High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), after arriving at a safe house at the town of Khowst, Afghanistan, to prepare for Operation Mountain Sweep. Operation Mountain Sweep is the largest US Offensive in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda

A large cache of 82mm recoilless rifle rounds, discovered by US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 3/505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, during a cordon search at Objective Deringer, as part of Operation Mountain Sweep. Operation Mountain Sweep is the largest US Military offensive in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Paktia

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Camera Operator: SPC Marshall Emerson, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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24/08/2002
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label_outline Explore Deringer, Objective Deringer, Operation Mountain Sweep

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S39-85-069 - STS-039 - STS-39 AFP-675 CIRRIS-1A in OV-103's payload bay (PLB)

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U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Adams, a load master

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