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Pfc. Ryan L. Carson and an Afghan police officer search a hillside.
U.S. Army Pfc. Ryan L. Carson, a member of the company intelligence support team of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, and an Afghan police officer search a hillside at the Shege East Afghan National Police Checkpoint in the Kunar province of Afghanistan prior to a firefight on Sept. 18, 2010. Approximately two dozen insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and small arms at the post. International Security Assistance Forces and Afghan National Police responded with small arms, heavy machine gun and mortar fire.