Archive photo of the day
Clearing operation in Afghanistan, 2011
Stars and Stripes
December 14, 2023
(James Foley/Stars and Stripes)
Haybati, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2011: Capt. Michael Hess, 27, of Whiskey Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, kneels in the snow with his radio operator on an early morning clearing operation near the village of Haybati, Paktika Province.