Army 1st Lt. Ryan Lett, right, platoon leader of 3rd Platoon, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with the 832nd Engineer Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, addresses his troops before a potentially dangerous route clearing mission of the Sanghar Valley on Route Philadelphia, March 17, on Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The company had been hit by an improvised explosive device their last two times through the valley, and the area remains a hotbed of enemy activity. 832nd Engineers search Sanghar Valley routes for IEDs 380676

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Keywords: afghanistan, armed, clearing, conflict, device, explosive, forces, ied, improvised, military, nangarhar, province, route, sanghar, states, united, valley, war