Pfc. Daniel Frye, a mortarman with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, digs a trench during Operation Southern Fist II, Afghanistan, Dec. 11. The purpose of the four-day operation was to neutralize enemy safe havens in Shorabak district, which is located in a remote area 55 miles south of Spin Boldak district near the Pakistan border. Southern Fist II packs a punch 121211-A-VC646-022

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