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U.S. army soldiers of Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 377 Field Artillery Regiment fire a 155MM Howitzer artillery towards Taliban positions in the Kunar mountain ranges, near Pakistan’s border, at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan March 21, 2012. (REUTERS/Erik De Castro)
Pfc. Samuel Corsolini, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, pulls security with other Pathfinders as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter takes off after unloading his team and members of 2nd Afghan National Civil Order Patrol Special Weapons And Tactics Team in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 16, 2012.
1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 6, M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks pass a Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), AMK31 Refueler on a combat logistics patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 13. The combat logistics patrol supported counter-insurgency operations in the area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mark Stroud)
(Left) Sgt. Steven J. Vanderbrink, a squad leader with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment and 22-year-old native of Blakeslee, Pa., and Sgt. Joseph Mussulin, a squad leader with Echo Co., 2/9, and 24-year-old native of Calif., observe as Sgt. John Cosh, a platoon sergeant with Golf Co., 2/9 and 30-year-old native of N.Y., uses a sickle to investigate a mock improvised explosive device during an IED training course March 9. Marines with 2/9, 2nd Bn., 6th Marines, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Bn., and Regimental Combat Team 5 attended the course as part of a noncommissioned officer symposium hosted by RCT-5. The symposium allowed the NCOs from Marjah, Nawa, Garmsir and Khan Neshin districts to share their experiences, solutions to common issues they face on the battlefield and discuss current Marine Corps affairs. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez)
U.S. army soldiers of Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 377 Field Artillery Regiment fire a 155MM Howitzer artillery towards Taliban positions in the Kunar mountain ranges, near Pakistan’s border, at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan March 21, 2012. (REUTERS/Erik De Castro)
Soldiers with coalition special operations forces provide security during a joint Afghan Local Police and coalition special operations forces security patrol in the Maiwand district of southern Afghanistanâs Kandahar province, March 15, 2012. The ALP and coalition special operations forces conducted the patrol in order to speak with local villagers about the future of their village and the way ahead for Maiwand district.
U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Cacti fire their weapon as they practice a 21-gun salute for a memorial service for their late comrade U.S. Army officer 2Lt Clovis Ray at Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan March 18, 2012. Ray was killed by an IED (improvised explosive device) on Friday during a patrol in Pesh Valley near the Pakistan border. Picture taken March 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Erik De Castro)