LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Army Capt. Jason Merchant, the Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment commander from Dysart, Iowa, scans the area while on patrol on a mountainside near the village of Sigin Jan. 1. The Soldiers discovered a command wire in a riverbed while on patrol and called in the 744th Ordnance Company’s explosive ordnance disposal team to try and locate an improvised explosive device, however, none were found. The area, near the Watangatu boys’ school, has been an IED hotbed. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Matson, Task Force Red Bulls Public Affair


LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Army Capt. Jason Merchant, the Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment commander from Dysart, Iowa, scans the area while on patrol on a mountainside near the village of Sigin Jan. 1. The Soldiers discovered a command wire in a riverbed while on patrol and called in the 744th Ordnance Company’s explosive ordnance disposal team to try and locate an improvised explosive device, however, none were found. The area, near the Watangatu boys’ school, has been an IED hotbed. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Matson, Task Force Red Bulls Public Affairs) Flickr - DVIDSHUB - Red Bulls patrol IED hotbed (Image 7 of 8)


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