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06-04-2011, 05:52 AM
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Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan
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U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Guffey 210th MPAD
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PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. and Afghan National Security Forces completed a week-long operation to expand resupply routes in the Gardez District, Afghanistan, May 16.
Company F, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, TF Duke, alongside their partnered ANSF personnel, added three checkpoints to their supply routes, and delivered more than 2,000 gallons of fuel and 4,000 pounds of food and supplies.
Coalition forces set up the checkpoints to keep insurgents from disrupting security force operations and increase security for the local populace who use the roads on a daily basis.
“If we did not get these supplies, we would have to return to base to get refitted which would give the enemy the freedom to move through the area,” said U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Devin Jepsen, a Schleswig, Iowa, native, and senior noncommisioned officer of 3rd Platoon, Co. A, TF Lethal.
Co. F keeps the rest of the 168th Inf. Regt. stocked with the supplies they need to operate. This latest operation only represents a fraction of the amount of supplies Co. F transported through the area.
Since their arrival in theater in October 2010, they ran more than 80 resupply missions, travelling more than 100,000 miles and delivering 900,000 pounds of supplies throughout TF Lethal’s area of operations, said U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Wendt, a truck driver from Shelby, Iowa, with Co. F.
Spending that much time on the dangerous roads of eastern Afghanistan can’t be done alone, so before each supply run, a route clearance patrol checks the road for threats like improvised explosive devices, said Wendt.
“Luckily, we’ve only been hit by three IEDs since we’ve been here,” he said.
Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan
Courtesy Story
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Guffey 210th MPAD
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PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. and Afghan National Security Forces completed a week-long operation to expand resupply routes in the Gardez District, Afghanistan, May 16.
Company F, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, TF Duke, alongside their partnered ANSF personnel, added three checkpoints to their supply routes, and delivered more than 2,000 gallons of fuel and 4,000 pounds of food and supplies.
Coalition forces set up the checkpoints to keep insurgents from disrupting security force operations and increase security for the local populace who use the roads on a daily basis.
“If we did not get these supplies, we would have to return to base to get refitted which would give the enemy the freedom to move through the area,” said U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Devin Jepsen, a Schleswig, Iowa, native, and senior noncommisioned officer of 3rd Platoon, Co. A, TF Lethal.
Co. F keeps the rest of the 168th Inf. Regt. stocked with the supplies they need to operate. This latest operation only represents a fraction of the amount of supplies Co. F transported through the area.
Since their arrival in theater in October 2010, they ran more than 80 resupply missions, travelling more than 100,000 miles and delivering 900,000 pounds of supplies throughout TF Lethal’s area of operations, said U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Wendt, a truck driver from Shelby, Iowa, with Co. F.
Spending that much time on the dangerous roads of eastern Afghanistan can’t be done alone, so before each supply run, a route clearance patrol checks the road for threats like improvised explosive devices, said Wendt.
“Luckily, we’ve only been hit by three IEDs since we’ve been here,” he said.