Firefight in the Waterpur Valley

Photos by Sgt. Matthew Moeller

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U.S. Army Cpl. Casey Liffrig, of Pinehurst, N.C., scans the hills surrounding the Waterpur valley, as insurgent fighters rain down bullets on his position, during a three-hour firefight with militant forces in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, Nov. 3. Liffrig, and fellow members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, have been battling militant fighters since arriving in Afghanistan last June.

U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Johnson watches as U.S. Army helicopters fire rockets at insurgent fighters in the hills surrounding the Waterpur Valley, in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, Nov. 3. Johnson, and fellow members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, have been battling anti-Afghan fighters since arriving in Afghanistan last June.

U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Wise, a native of Ames, Iowa, watches for insurgent forces as bullets streak overhead.

A U.S. Army UH-61 Blackhawk Helicopter drops ammunition and water to U.S. Army Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, following a three hour gun battle in Kunar province, Afghanistan’s Waterpur valley, Nov. 3.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class. Henriques Ventura, of Colorado Springs, Colo., races across an open field as sniper fire rains down around him, during a three-hour firefight.

U.S. Army Pvt. John Stafinski, a native of Seville, Ohio, fires his M-249 squad automatic weapon during a three-hour gun battle.

U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Johnson and a fellow Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Soldier scan the hills surrounding the Waterpur valley, during a three-hour firefight with insurgents in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, Nov. 3. The 4th Infantry Division Soldiers have been providing security and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people since arriving last June.

U.S. Army Pfc. Geoffery Thomson ducks for cover as insurgents fire on his position.

U.S. Army Sgt. Kee Johnson, a native of Lewisburg, W.Va., takes cover while U.S. Army helicopters fire rockets at insurgent fighters in the hills surrounding the Waterpur valley, in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, Nov. 3. Kee, and fellow members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division.

U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Upton, a native of Aransas Pass, Texas, watches for anti-Afghan forces during a gun-battle in Kunar province, Afghanistan’s Waterpur valley.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, watch the surrounding hills for insurgents, while fellow Co. C Soldiers race to their position, dodging heavy sniper fire, during a three-hour gun battle with insurgent forces in Kunar province, Afghanistan’s Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. The 4th Infantry Division Soldiers have been battling insurgent forces in the Waterpur valley since arriving in Afghanistan last June.