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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Burch tells Pfc. Frank Hardcastle and an Afghan National Army soldier how to orient themselves for security during Operation Champion Sword, an air assault mission, in Khost province, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2009. Burch and Hardcastle are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. International Security Assistance Forces and Afghan security forces teamed up to target specific militants in eastern Afghanistan.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Burch tells Pfc. Frank Hardcastle and an Afghan National Army soldier how to orient themselves for security during Operation Champion Sword, an air assault mission, in Khost province, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2009. Burch and Hardcastle are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. International Security Assistance Forces and Afghan security forces teamed up to target specific militants in eastern Afghanistan.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Burch tells Pfc. Frank Hardcastle and an Afghan National Army soldier how to orient themselves for security during Operation Champion Sword, an air assault mission, in Khost province, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2009. Burch and Hardcastle are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. International Security Assistance Forces and Afghan security forces teamed up to target specific militants in eastern Afghanistan.

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