The army in action

Soldiers Magazine, March, 2004

Afghanistan

Soldiers prepare to sling load a Humvee and M-119 howitzer on a CH-47 helicopter back to Salerno Forward Operating Base at the end of Operation Avalanche.

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, search vehicles at a checkpoint during Operation Avalanche.

--Photo by SPC Gul A. Alisan

Kosovo

SPC Lewis Vitello, from the Pennsylvania National Guard's 56th Inf. Bde., secures a church in Letnica, Kosovo.

--Photo by SGT Marcus J. Quarterman

Iraq

Stryker Brigade Soldiers of the 5th Bn., 20th Inf., conduct combat operations in Samarra.

--Photo by SPC Clinton Tarzia

SPC Timothy Johnson, from the 4th Inf. Division, shares a peaceful moment with a young Iraqi.

--Photo by SGT Brian Cox