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From the archives: Humvees use a riverbed as a road, 2005
Stars and Stripes
April 23, 2026
(Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
Afghanistan, March 24, 2005: Humvees from the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Division use a riverbed as a road as they travel through eastern Afghanistan on a two-day mission to the villages of Zarwuk and Naka.
The soldiers were patrolling a large, mountainous rural area connected by the most basic of roads.
Read the full article on the patrol in eastern Afghanistan here.