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Jason Chudy ©Stars and StripesZabol Province, Afghanistan, July, 2005: Sgt. Matthew Coulter of Company A, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, out of Vicenza, Italy, stands on a rock outcropping amid a search of a valley during Operation Surri Sweep, which was conducted by hundreds of soldiers and Afghan National Police officers.

RELATED MATERIAL: Stars and Stripes' 2005 story about Operation Surri Sweep.