A CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops off some of the first troops of the main body of a massive air assault into the Galuch Valley outside the town of Hind Dor, here, March 26. The air assault, part of Operation Bu More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. William Hayes, left, platoon leader, 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, from Moline, Ill., and U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Axtman, right, an infan More
Ten years ago, more than 3,000 Citizen Soldiers assigned to the Iowa National Guard’s 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, were called to service in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Kremer, the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman commander from Cherokee, Iowa, talks during a meeting in the town of Hind Dork, here, March 26 during Operation Bull Whip.
An Afghan boy stands outside a shop along Highway 7 outside Jalalabad, Afghanistan, while an Afghan National Army soldier from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 201st Infantry Corps, walks by en route to an ANA o More
Afghan National Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 201st ANA Infantry Corps, scour the mountain ridges outside the village of Hind Dor, Afghanistan, March 26 during Operation Promethium Puma.
U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Piedot, left, a forward observer from Harper's Ferry, Iowa, U.S. Army Pfc. Johnathan Shelton, center, an infantryman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Staff Sgt. Anthony Burke, an infantry sect More
Afghan National Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 201st ANA Infantry Corps, scour the mountain ridges outside the village of Hind Dor, Afghanistan, March 26, during Operation Promethium Puma.
U.S. Army Spc. Ahren Blake, a combat medic from Clinton, Iowa, with Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task For More
Two U.S. Army soldiers with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, walk down a mountain after a rainstorm in the Galuch Valley, here, March 28 during Operation Bull Whip. The wea More
U.S. Army Pvt. Brice Turner, left, a combat engineer from Fort Madison, Iowa, with Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, gives a puppy some water while U.S. Army Spc. Ahren Blak More
Two Afghan National Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 201st ANA Infantry Corps, carry a large rocket found in one of the caches in a village in the Galuch Valley in Laghman province, Afghanistan, M More
A group of Afghan National Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 201st ANA Infantry Corps, and U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the Iowa Nat More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Anthony Burke, an infantry section sergeant from Dubuque, Iowa, with Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infan More
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter transports a slingload of food and water outside the town of Hind Dor, here, March 30, during Operation Bull Whip. After carrying their first two days of food and water, air drops More
U.S. Army Spc. Ahren Blake, left, a combat medic from Clinton, Iowa, and U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Dontje, right, a field artillery soldier from Lead Yard, Iowa, both with Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry R More
A cache of British Infield rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, anti-personnel mines, grenades, ammunition and other explosives, a rocket-launching system, military clothing and equipment, found by U.S. Army sold More
U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Axtman, left, an infantry team leader from Grinnell, Iowa, and U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Dontje, right, a field artillery soldier from Lead Yard, Iowa, both with Company D, 1st Battalion, 13 More
An Afghan National Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 201st ANA Infantry Corps, busts open a door in the village of Hind Dor, here, March 26, during Operation Bull Whip. Homemade explosives manufactu More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. William Hayes, front, platoon leader, 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, from Moline, Ill., and U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Piedot, rear, a forward o More