Written by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gary A. Witte 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Kunar Province, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron R. Will of Tampa, FL, a gunner with 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, reloads his automatic grenade launcher during an insurgent attack against his unit’s convoy near the village of Tarale in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province July 15th.
The complex ambush started with an improvised explosive device detonated in front of his vehicle, followed by multiple rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire against the unit. No International Security Assistance Forces were injured during the attack.