Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group, Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition Forces conducted a counter insurgency operation over several days in northern Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
20091019adfSOTG_PA190108
Insurgent weapons, munitions and Improvised Explosive Device components recovered during the joint Special Operations Task Group/Afghan National Security Force operation against the insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 19 October 2009)
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Insurgent weapons, munitions and Improvised Explosive Device components recovered during the joint Special Operations Task Group/Afghan National Security Force operation against the insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 19 October 2009)
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20091019adfSOTG_PA190013
Bags of opium resin seized during the joint Special Operations Task Group/Afghan National Security Force operation against the insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 19 October 2009)
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20091019adfSOTG_PA190011
Afghan National Army soldiers pose with insurgent medical supplies and explosive ordnance seized during the joint Special Operations Task Group/Afghan National Security Force operation against the insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 19 October 2009)
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Insurgent medical supplies seized during the joint Special Operations Task Group/Afghan National Security Force operation against the insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 19 October 2009)
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Insurgent medical supplies seized during the joint Special Operations Task Group/Afghan National Security Force operation against the insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 19 October 2009)
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An insurgent improvised explosive device charge seized during the joint Special Operations Task Group/Afghan National Security Force operation against the insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 19 October 2009)
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An insurgent improvised explosive device charge seized during the joint Special Operations Task Group/Afghan National Security Force operation against the insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 19 October 2009)
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Under the cover of darkness, soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare for a helicopter insertion against the insurgent stronghold.
(Date taken: 18 October 2009)
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Under the cover of darkness, soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare for a helicopter insertion against the insurgent stronghold.
(Date taken: 18 October 2009)
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Under the cover of darkness, soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare for a helicopter insertion against the insurgent stronghold.
(Date taken: 18 October 2009)
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Under the cover of darkness, soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare for a helicopter insertion against the insurgent stronghold.
(Date taken: 18 October 2009)
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Under the cover of darkness, soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare for a helicopter insertion against the insurgent stronghold.
(Date taken: 18 October 2009)
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Under the cover of darkness, soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare for a helicopter insertion against the insurgent stronghold.
(Date taken: 18 October 2009)
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Under the cover of darkness, soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare for a helicopter insertion against the insurgent stronghold.
(Date taken: 18 October 2009)
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Under the cover of darkness, soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare for a helicopter insertion against the insurgent stronghold.
(Date taken: 18 October 2009)
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20091014adf8239682_368
A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group gives sweets to Afghan children in a small village outside Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group is welcomed by children in a small village outside Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group move through the capital of Oruzgan Province after a counter insurgency operation in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group move through the capital of Oruzgan Province after a counter insurgency operation in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group move through Tarin Kowt after a counter insurgency operation in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group provides security during a convoy move through Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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A Special Operations Task Group convoy moves through Tarin Kowt after conducting a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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A Special Operations Task Group convoy moves through Tarin Kowt after conducting a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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20091014adf8115142_339
A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group gives a pen to Afghan children in a small village outside Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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20091014adf8115142_212
Afghan Provincial Police Reserve officers talk to their partners from the Special Operations Task Group during a short halt in the dasht.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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Soldiers of the Special Operations Task Group patrol move across the dasht with their Afghan Provincial Police Reserve partners during a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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20091014adf8115142_122
A Long Range Patrol Vehicle begins to move after a short halt in the dasht during a Special Operations Task Group counter insurgency operation.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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20091014adf8115142_097
A Special Operations Task Group long range patrol vehicle bristles with weaponry as it is driven across the dasht, or desert, in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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20091014adf8115142_031
A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group on a move through a village in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 14 October 2009)
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20091013adf8115142_142
A Black Hawk helicopter does a low pass of an overwatch position during a Special Operations Task Group counter insurgency operation in the Oruzgan Province of Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 13 October 2009)
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20091013adf8115142_099
Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare to move in and clear a valley of Taliban extremists during a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 13 October 2009)
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20091013adf8115142_090
Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare to move in and clear a valley of Taliban extremists during a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 13 October 2009)
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20091013adf8115142_032
Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group assemble before sweeping through the valley on a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 13 October 2009)
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20091012adf8239682_167
Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group prepare to move through a valley during a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 12 October 2009)
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20091012adf8239682_082
Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group fire mortars on a Taliban position during a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 12 October 2009)
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Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group fire mortars on a Taliban position during a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 12 October 2009)
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20091012adf8115142_341
A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group provides overwatch during a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 12 October 2009)
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20091012adf8115142_334
Special Operations Task Group soldiers gather around a Bushmaster as night falls on an over watch position in the Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 12 October 2009)
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Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group provide over watch during a counter insurgency operation.
(Date taken: 12 October 2009)
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20091012adf8115142_273
An FA-18 flies low through the valley to conduct a “Show of Force” in support of the counter insurgency operation by the Special Operations Task Group.
(Date taken: 12 October 2009)
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20091012adf8115142_128
Explosive ordnance detection dog Flo-Jo takes a break on the bonnet of an Australian Bushmaster after a hot morning's work in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 12 October 2009)
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20091012adf8115142_032
Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group move in with an explosive ordnance detection dog to search a suspect vehicle.
(Date taken: 12 October 2009)
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20091011adf8115142_082
Special Operations Task Group Bushmaster vehicles take up overwatch positions as troops prepare to clear the valley below.
(Date taken: 11 October 2009)
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20091011adf8115142_073
A Special Operations Task Group soldier looks into the valley below near a heavily armoured Bushmaster vehicle.
(Date taken: 11 October 2009)
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20091010adf8239682_002
An Australian Bushmaster is silhouetted against the Afghan night before embarking on a counter insurgency operation in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 10 October 2009)
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20091010adf8115142_124
A Special Operations Task Group patrol stops overnight in one of Afghanistan's barren desert, or 'dasht' regions.
(Date taken: 10 October 2009)
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20091010adf8115142_085
The Special Operations Task Group settle in for a night in the desert, or 'dasht' during a long range patrol in the Oruzgan Province.
(Date taken: 10 October 2009)
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20091010adf8115142_049
Special Operations Task Groups Long Range Patrol Vehicles drive in convoy across one of Afghanistan's desert, or 'dasht' regions.
(Date taken: 10 October 2009)
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20091010adf8115142_046
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier stretches his legs on top of a Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) Bushmaster during a brief pause in a convoy.
The SOTG work closely with their Afghan National Security Force partners.
(Date taken: 10 October 2009)
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20091010adf8115142_039
Special Operations Task Groups Long Range Patrol Vehicles drive in convoy across one of Afghanistan's desert, or 'dasht' regions.
(Date taken: 10 October 2009)
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Special Operations Task Groups Long Range Patrol Vehicles drive in convoy across one of Afghanistan's desert, or 'dasht' regions.
(Date taken: 10 October 2009)
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