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Aug-10-2009 » Filed Under: 5/2 SBCT

The Associated Press has an article mentioning recent operations by the 5/2 SBCT in Afghanistan.

Last week, American soldiers of Bear Troop, 5th Stryker Brigade rolled into Loy Karez, 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the Pakistani border, to check out the town's two planned polling stations and make sure police had a plan to protect voters.

It was the soldiers' first patrol in Afghanistan — their first up-close-and-personal encounter with local Afghan authorities since arriving in the country last month as part of President Barack Obama's troop surge. [...]

Troop commander Capt. Dennis Lorte of Raymond, Oregon, sipped five cups of tea with the local border police commander, who uses the single name Lala, while trying to keep his dusty boots from soiling his host's carpets. Outside, Lorte's soldiers took up defensive positions, down on one knee, weapons ready.


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