Staff Sgt. Miguel Miranda, an acting platoon sergeant with the 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), leads a dismounted patrol along the Tigris River near Yethrib, Iraq. Miranda and the artillerymen from the 2-320th FAR have been conducting "Operation Balls DiMaggio" since, June 18; the operation is a full-spectrum combat operation aimed at interdicting weapons trafficking, capturing munitions financiers, limiting indirect-fire attacks, and other insurgent activity, in vicinity of the Joint Base Balad Anaconda. During the course of the operation, the "Balls of the Eagle" Battalion has been conducting 24-hour combat patrols in an effort to provide a long lasting effect on an ever improving security situation in the area.
Date Taken: | 06.18.2008 |
Date Posted: | 06.24.2008 07:18 |
Photo ID: | 96658 |
Resolution: | 1536x1190 |
Size: | 1.13 MB |
Location: | BALAD, IQ |
Web Views: | 343 |
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