Route Clearance in Wardak Province, Afghanistan

"WARDAK PROVINCE, Afghanistan – For Afghan civilians, Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force personnel traveling throughout Afghanistan, clearing routes of improvised explosive devices is necessary to keep everyone safe and alive.  Soldiers assigned to Task Force Slugger’s “Apache” Troop, 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, conducted route clearance and route reconnaissance in the Maiden Shahr and Nerkh districts of Wardak Province Nov. 18. Nothing was unique about that day’s mission; these Soldiers clear Afghan roads of insurgent-emplaced IEDs day in and day out."

Read the rest of the article - "Route-clearance soldiers help to keep Afghan roads safe, build relationships", CJTF-101, November 23, 2010.