America’s best. Note: All pics taken between April 1st – 12th.
Pfc. Justin Vnenchak, an infantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, maintains security in his sector while fellow paratroopers and Afghan policemen search a compound April 8, 2012, in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan.
A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha troop, 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne division prepares a machine gun during a mission in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 10, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over Kabul, Afghanistan, during a visit of NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Thursday, April 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
Injured U.S. Army dog handler Aaron Yoder is dragged behind cover by soldiers from Alpha troop 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 4th brigade 82nd Airborne division during a fire exchange with Taliban fighters while on a mission in the Maiwand district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 9, 2012. Picture taken April 9, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter piloted by a crew from the Idaho Army National Guard Citizen Soldiers of Company A, 1-168 General Support Aviation Battalion lifts off from Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho on Saturday, April 7, 2012 as part of a one-year deployment to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Charlie Litchfield)
U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha troop, 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne division are silhouetted as they walk during a mission in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 10, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
Coalition special operations forces members coordinate troop movement during an operation near Nawa Garay village, Kajran district, Daykundi province, Afghanistan, April 3. Coalition SOF partners with the 8th Commando Kandak to conduct operations throughout Daykundi, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces.
A coalition special operations forces member fires his sniper rifle from a hilltop during a firefight near Nawa Garay village, Kajran district, Daykundi province, Afghanistan, April 3. Coalition SOF partners with the 8th Commando Kandak to conduct operations throughout Daykundi, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces.