 From Soldiers Radio and Television, this is the Army Now. Soldiers of the 117th Infantry Regiment and their Afghan National Security Force partners took part in Operation Southern Strike 2 in the Spin-Boldak District. The goal for the joint effort was to disrupt the insurgent supply routes and hamper their ability to fight Afghan and coalition forces. Southern Strike 2 gave the ANSAF an opportunity to take charge and lead the operation. Whereas initially they kind of went to the objectives that we identified through Intel and accomplished the tasks in the lead we asked them to, and about midway to the end they were pointing out objectives, they were taking the lead and telling us we need to go here and do this and there and do that to the point where we were actually having to hold them back to coordinate assets. So it was very impressive to see them really take leadership and ownership within their own AO. This is the Army Now from Soldiers Radio and Television.