Fighting Afghan insurgents
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:39 AM PDT
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| Spc. Jason Schrader, 26, of Bend, Ore., left to right, Pfc. Johnathan Richardson, 20, of Lexington, Texas, and Spc. Jeff Sliker, 21, of Middletown, R.I., of the U.S. Army's Headquarters Platoon Mortars Section of 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., fire an 81mm mortar round at insurgents in response to the base receiving an incoming rocket at Combat Outpost Tangi in Afghanistan's Wardak Province Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/David Goldman) |
Spc. Jason Schrader, 26, of Bend (from left), Pfc. Johnathan Richardson, 20, of Lexington, Texas, and Spc. Jeff Sliker, 21, of Middletown, R.I., of the U.S. Army's Headquarters Platoon Mortars Section of 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., fire an 81mm mortar round at insurgents in response to the base receiving an incoming rocket at Combat Outpost Tangi in Afghanistan’s Wardak Province Tuesday.