Lance Cpl. Brett Sloan, team leader, Alpha Company,
Summary
Lance Cpl. Brett Sloan, team leader, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6, patrols through head-high corn stalks and ankle-deep mud during Operation Gospand-Sia in the Sangin Valley District, July 11, 2012. The Afghan-led operation was scheduled for 48 hours, but ANSF destroyed several IEDs and one weapons cache and cleared all of their objectives in less than 16 hours. Sloan is from Pearland, Texas.
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Date
11/07/2012
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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