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    3rd LAR strikes key insurgent border hub during Operation Raw Hide II [Image 5 of 5]

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    A soldier in desert camouflage is firing a shoulder-launched rocket or recoilless weapon in a rocky, arid terrain. The discharge has produced a large cloud of white smoke and dust behind the shooter, indicating a back-blast from the weapon. A prominent rocky mountain peak is visible in the background under a clear blue sky.

    HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

    03.16.2011

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Ross 

    Regional Command Southwest

    Sgt. Jesse Walden, chief scout with C Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, fires a light anti-armor rocket at an insurgent fighting position in the Bahram Chah valley during Operation Rawhide II in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 16. Throughout the four-day raid on the key insurgent trafficking hub on the Pakistan border, 3rd LAR Battalion Marines found themselves under periodic insurgent mortar and small arms fire. The fighters Walden engaged were using a cave a few hundred yards from a Marine position.

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    Date Taken: 03.16.2011
    Date Posted: 03.19.2011 09:41
    Photo ID: 379626
    VIRIN: 110316-M-2740R-070
    Resolution: 1800x1200
    Size: 229.49 KB
    Location: HELMAND PROVINCE, AF
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    An 8-wheeled armored fighting vehicle, consistent with an LAV or Stryker-type platform, is operating in an arid desert environment with mountainous terrain in the background. At least two soldiers in desert camouflage uniforms are visible on or near the vehicle, which is equipped with mounted weapons, antennas, and a front dozer blade. Dust and smoke are visible around the vehicle, suggesting recent or ongoing movement or firing activity.
    Two soldiers in desert camouflage uniforms are positioned in the turret/hatch of an armored wheeled vehicle, one using binoculars and one aiming a rifle, scanning a vast arid desert landscape. A second armored vehicle is visible to the left in the background. The terrain shows circular tire tracks in disturbed desert soil, with a mountain range visible on the horizon under a clear blue sky.
    Military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are taking defensive positions around a tactical wheeled vehicle in an arid, rocky terrain. Several soldiers are prone on the ground with rifles aimed outward while others are positioned near the vehicle. The environment appears to be a desert landscape with mountains visible in the hazy background.
    A soldier in desert camouflage uniform is kneeling on rocky terrain while communicating via radio handset. A second soldier is visible in the background in a prone or low position. The setting is an arid, mountainous desert landscape under a clear sky.
    A soldier in desert camouflage is firing a shoulder-launched rocket or recoilless weapon in a rocky, arid terrain. The discharge has produced a large cloud of white smoke and dust behind the shooter, indicating a back-blast from the weapon. A prominent rocky mountain peak is visible in the background under a clear blue sky.

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