Operation Champion Spear: Paratroopers on Patrol in Paktika

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division are extracted via CH-47 Chinook, outside the Village of Marsac, Paktika province, Afghanistan, during Operation Champion Spear, Sept. 5. Operation Champion Spear is a combined operation encompassing Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces within the western half of Paktika targeting specific individuals and locations to better secure the area for the civilians of the area. (Photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas, 55th Combat Camera)

U.S. Army Paratroopers of Company B, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, move out of their patrol base at dawn to the next mission objective outside the village of Marsac, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, during Operation Champion Spear. Operation Champion Spear is a combined operation encompassing Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces within the western half of Paktika targeting specific individuals and locations to better secure the area for the civilians of the area. (Photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas, 55th Combat Camera)

A U.S. Army Sapper Platoon with 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division await the landing of the CH-47 Chinook for extraction near the Village of Marsac, Paktika province, Afghanistan, during Operation Champion Spear, Sept. 7. Operation Champion Spear is a combined operation encompassing Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces within the western half of Paktika targeting specific individuals and locations to better secure the area for the civilians of the area. (Photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas, 55th Combat Camera)