A Soldier with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, fires an M4 rifle during a gun battle with insurgent forces in Barge Matal, Afghanistan, during Operation Mountain Fire, July 12. The tiny mountain village, in Afghanistan's eastern Nuristan province, was overwhelmed by anti-Afghanistan forces until combined elements of the Afghan national security forces and International Security Assistance Forces forced the insurgents to flee. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

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