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Operation Mongoose
 Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, along with soldiers of Company A, 307th Engineers, attached to the 82nd Airborne Division, from Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, begin climbing towards their first objective carrying 180 pounds of explosives, during a combat patrol in the mountains of Adi Ghar, Afghanistan. Their mission, called Operation Mongoose was to search various caves throughout the mountain ranges of Adi Ghar for suspected Taliban and weapons caches and destroy them, preventing the re-emergence of terrorist activities in the area. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leopold Medina Jr.  Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, from Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, start making their way down the mountain on their way to the next objective in the mountains of Adi Ghar, Afghanistan. U.S  Sgt. Davis Kasanof and Pfc. Jason Ketchum of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, from Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, prepare to enter a cave while 1st Lt. James Bourie provides security during Operation Mongoose. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leopold Medina Jr.  Pfc Jason Ketchum of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, from Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, low crawls into a cave during Operation Mongoose. U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Leopold Medina Jr.  Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, from Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, prepare to search a cave during a combat patrol in the mountains of Adi Ghar, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Mongoose. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leopold Medina Jr  Sgt. Victor Zavalza of Company A, 307th Engineers, attached to the 82nd Airborne Division, from Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, is assisted by Pfc. Jimmy Hill and Pvt. 2 David Wier as he stands on their heads and places C4 explosives in key areas of a cave they are about to explode during a combat patrol in the mountains of Adi Ghar, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leopold Medina Jr.  Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, from Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, establish comunications as they arrive to the mountains of Adi Ghar, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Mongoose. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leopold Medina Jr.  The explosion of a cave during a combat patrol in the Adi Ghar Mountains, Afghanistan, set off by the soldiers of Company A, 307th Engineers, attached to the 82nd Airborne Division from Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Mongoose. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leopold Medina Jr.
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