God bless them.

(February 15, 2012) Rangers from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, as part of a combined Afghan and Coalition security force operating in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, await a CH-47 for extraction. Photo by US Army Private First Class Pedro Amador.

U.S. Army Col. Mark H. Landes (Left) and 1st Lt. Josh Kopsie assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division kneel on the landing zone while two UH-60 Black Hawks begin to land on Command Outpost Nerkh, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Feb. 15, 2012.

U.S. Army Pfc. Dewey So endures the harsh blast of an Afghan winter storm in the village of Marzak Jan. 15, 2012. Photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail

U.S. Army Cpl. Kevin Dehaven, Sniper Team Leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provides security, at Observation Post Mangol, Feb. 8, 2012, in the Nari district, Kunar province, Afghanistan.

Two AH-64D Apache helicopters from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, approach the flight line Feb. 7 here as snow capped mountains provide the backdrop. The 1st Air Cavalry Brigade began its mission in Afghanistan last June and is conducting aviation operations across four regional commands, providing ground forces with medevac support, air assault capabilities and overhead reconnaissance with air weapons teams.

(Feb. 15) U.S. Army staff sergeants Neil Nunez and Justin Puchalsky, from Company A, 2nd Battalion 28th Infantry Regiment, Task force 3-66, watch the arrival of a helicopter in Afghanistan U.S. Army Photo By Staff Sgt. Charles Crail, Task Force Blackhawk Public Affairs

U.S. Army Spc. Robert Irwin conducts a security patrol in Afghanistan’s Paktya province, Jan. 30, 2012. Irwin is an infantryman assigned Task Force Gold Geronimo, part of Spartan Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson

Lance Cpl. Madison DeLoach, crew chief, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 (HMH-363), observes the terrain during a routine flight operation, Helmand River Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2012. HMH-363 conducted flight operations in support of troops throughout the Helmand Province. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert R. Carrasco)