Operation Anaconda

402460 11: U.S. Army soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division and a Canadian Army soldiers from the Princess Patricias Light Infantry Battalion load a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter with ammunition March 16, 2002 in the Shah-i-Kot Valley, Afghanistan. The coalition forces in the Shah-i-Kot Valley have identified and destroyed 24 openings or caves and found seven more in an offensive called Operation Harpoon. All caves are searched and blown up. The Canadian troops number approximately 500 for this operation. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)