A light armored vehicle crew with C Company, 3rd Light
Summary
A light armored vehicle crew with C Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, watches a Marine AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter veer off after destroying an insurgent structure in the Bahram Chah bazaar with a Hellfire missile during Operation Rawhide II, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 14. During the four-day raid on the key insurgent trafficking point on the Pakistan border, 3rd LAR Battalion Marines used virtually every supporting arms asset available to the Marine Corps to destroy insurgent structures and suppress and kill enemy fighters.
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regional command southwest
staff sgt jeremy ross
helmand province
afghanistan
3rd lar strikes key insurgent border hub during operation raw hide ii
dvids
light armored reconnaissance
military vehicles
war in afghanistan 2001 2021
Date
14/03/2011
Source
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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