The very best America has to offer. Note: All pics taken this month.

Pfc. Bryce Sterling, a rifleman with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, keeps a watchful eye during a search mission with members of 2nd Afghan National Civil Order Patrol Special Weapons And Tactics Team as part of Operation Pranoo Verbena in order to disrupt Taliban operations in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 16.

Pathfinders assigned to F Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, await as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter comes in for a dust landing to extract them and members of 2nd Afghan National Civil Order Patrol Special Weapons And Tactics Team during a vehicle interdiction as part of Operation Pranoo Verbena in order to disrupt Taliban operations in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 16.

A U.S. Marine squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, watches for enemy movement while providing security for his squad here, March 8.Marines at Patrol Base Lambadand conduct daily patrols with Afghan Nation Security Forces, training and mentoring their counterparts as Afghan forces and the district government take the lead in counterinsurgency operations in Nawa.

A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security for his squad while on a rest stop during a patrol here, March 7. Marines at Patrol Base Lambadand conduct daily patrols with Afghan Nation Security Forces, training and mentoring their counterparts as Afghan forces and the district government take the lead in counterinsurgency operations in Nawa.

A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, takes a rest during a patrol here, March 9. Marines at Patrol Base Lambadand conduct daily patrols with Afghan Nation Security Forces, training and mentoring their counterparts as Afghan forces and the district government take the lead in counterinsurgency operations in Nawa.

A U.S. Marine with Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, patrols and talks with a local Afghan child during a security patrol in Trek Nawa intended to help stabilize the local area here, March 7. Marines at Patrol Base Lambadand conduct daily patrols with Afghan Nation Security Forces, training and mentoring their counterparts as Afghan forces and the district government take the lead in counterinsurgency operations in Nawa.

A U.S. Army soldier of PRT Laghman, 1st Battalion, 143 Airborne Infantry looks through the scope of his rifle while securing the perimeter of a government building in Laghman province, Afghanistan March 25, 2012. Dozens of former insurgents and their families took part in a graduation ceremony on Sunday after finishing various livelihood training workshops given to them by Laghman provincial government and the U.S. military. (REUTERS/Erik De Castro)

Pfc. Aristarchus K. Metto, a motor transport operator with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, patrols near Observation Post Shrine in the Kajaki District, Afghanistan, March 16. The Marines of Golf Battery provide security for the nearby Kajaki Dam, which provides electrical power for much of Helmand province.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacob Harrer)