Army 1st Lt. Vance Gonzales, a native of Weddinton, , and executive officer, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., takes a moment to shake hands with a young Afghan boy from the Sardar Kala Village of the Andar District in Ghazni province Aug. 6. The unit was conducting a mission as part of Task Force Iron's Operation Tabar V to disrupt local insurgent operations. Operation Tabar V was in support of 203rd ANA Corps' Operation Shamshir, an operation to shape security conditions prior to September parliamentary elections. A
Army 1st Lt. Vance Gonzales, a native of Weddinton, , and executive officer, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., takes a moment to shake hands with a young Afghan boy from the Sardar Kala Village of the Andar District in Ghazni province Aug. 6. The unit was conducting a mission as part of Task Force Iron's Operation Tabar V to disrupt local insurgent operations. Operation Tabar V was in support of 203rd ANA Corps' Operation Shamshir, an operation to shape security conditions prior to September parliamentary elections. ANSF, Task Force Iron Rakkasan Soldiers Conduct Operation Shamshir in Ghazni Province 308950
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