Route Clearance Platoon, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, travels down one of the many roads that fall under RCT-5's area of operations western Al Anbar province, Iraq, June 12. Route Clearance Platoon travels throughout the province to find and clear improvised explosive devices in order to make the roadways safer for Coalition forces and the Iraqi people. The platoon also aids the infantry battalions with patrols and escort convoys as they travel the roads of Iraq.
080614-M-3455C-001.jpg Photo By: Cpl. Shawn Coolman

Jun 12, 2008
Route Clearance Platoon, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, travels down one of the many roads that fall under RCT-5's area of operations western Al Anbar province, Iraq, June 12. Route Clearance Platoon travels throughout the province to find and clear improvised explosive devices in order to make the roadways safer for Coalition forces and the Iraqi people. The platoon also aids the infantry battalions with patrols and escort convoys as they travel the roads of Iraq.


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