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330th MPC build rapport

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ANP Search for illegal weapons

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Patrols help keep peace in Pech Valley area

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Convoy fights off insurgent ambush

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TF Gladius conducts patrol in Bagram district

Written by and Photos by U.S. Army Pfc. Richard W. Jones Jr., 55th Signal Company Thursday, 09 July 2009 09:44

Afghans walk through the streets of Carabar village, Afghanistan, while U. S. Army Soldiers, with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 82nd Airborne Division Special Troops Battalion, provide security, July 4. The DSTB, or Task Force Gladius, is responsible for security and development projects in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, where the village and Bagram Airfield are located. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Richard W. Jones Jr., 55th Signal Company)

U.S. Army Pfc. Alex Quesenberry, with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 82nd Airborne Division Special Troops Battalion, crouches on the side of the road to inspect for possible improvised explosive devices underneath a bridge during a patrol in the Bagram district of Parwan province, Afghanistan, July 4. The DSTB is responsible for security and development projects in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, where Bagram Airfield is located. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Richard W. Jones Jr., 55th Signal Company)

U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Nesheim and Army Pfc. Paden Dupre, assigned to 2nd Platoon, Company B, 82nd Airborne Division Special Troops Battalion, inspect for improvised explosive devices underneath a bridge during a patrol in Bagram district, Afghanistan, July 4. The DSTB, or Task Force Gladius, is responsible for security and development projects in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, where Bagram Airfield is located. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Richard W. Jones Jr., 55th Signal Company)

U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Nesheim, with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 82nd Airborne Division Special Troops Battalion, communicates with his team using a handheld radio at a traffic control point near the Calehnasno village in the Bagram district of Parwan province, Afghanistan, July 4. The DSTB, or Task Force Gladius, is responsible for security and development projects in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, where Bagram Airfield is located. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Richard W. Jones Jr., 55th Signal Company)

U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Nesheim, with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 82nd Airborne Division Special Troops Battalion, checks identification at a traffic control point near Calemusabal village, Afghanistan, July 4. The DSTB, or Task Force Gladius, is responsible for security and development projects in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, where the village and Bagram Airfield are located. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Richard W. Jones Jr., 55th Signal Company)

An Afghan child stands in the streets of Carabar, Afghanistan while U.S. Army Soldiers, with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 82nd Airborne Division Special Troops Battalion, provide security at a traffic control point in the Carabar village of Parwan province, Afghanistan, July 4. Task Force Gladius Soldiers with the DSTB, conduct operations to improve security and development in the eastern Afghanistan province, where Bagram Airfield is located. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Richard W. Jones Jr., 55th Signal Company)