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U.S. Soldiers Conduct Operation Summit Pursuit
Soldiers in the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment receive a briefing before heading out on a reconnaissance patrol during Operation Summit Pursuit, Aug. 5, 2008. U.S. soldiers question villagers in Hegnah, Iraq, during Operation Summit Pursuit, Aug. 5, 2008. The troops, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment and the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment joined forces to flush out the remnants of al-Qaeda. U.S. soldiers search a home in Hegnah, Iraq during Operation Summit Pursuit, which ran July 27 - Aug. 5, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment. A U.S. Army soldier searches the rooftop of a home in the village of Hegnah, Iraq, during Operation Summit Pursuit, July 27 - Aug. 5, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, and Army Pfc. Kaimana Kalauili, a combat cameraman, "cool off" for a moment in one of the nine homes searched in the village of Hegnah, Iraq during Operation Summit Pursuit, Aug. 5, 2008. Temperatures soared into the 100s during the course of this operation. U.S Army soldiers and Iraqi soldiers walk to a meeting with Sheik Razzaq of Hegnah during Operation Summit Pursuit, Aug. 5, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army soldiers search a cornfield in the village of Hegnah, Iraq, during Operation Summit Pursuit, Aug. 5, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.
Soldiers in the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment receive a briefing before heading out on a reconnaissance patrol during Operation Summit Pursuit, Aug. 5, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret C. Nelson