Keep them in your prayers. Note: All pictures taken yesterday.

U.S. Army soldiers from 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, fire a mortar during a firefight with Taliban while on a mission in Zhary district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

A U.S. Army soldier from 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division is silhouetted as he keeps watch during a mission in Zhary district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

A U.S. Army soldier (C) from 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division fires a Carl Gustav recoilless rifle during a firefight with Taliban while on a mission in Zhary district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

A U.S. Army soldier from 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division fires his M203 grenade launcher during a firefight with the Taliban during a mission in Zhary district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

A U.S. Army sniper from 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division uses binoculars during a mission in Zhary district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

An Afghan girl watches as U.S. Army soldiers from 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division walk by during a mission in Zhary district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

U.S. Army soldiers from 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division walk during a mission in Zhary district of Kandahar province, southern AfghanistanApril 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

An Afghan girl stands behind a U.S. Army soldier from 4-73 Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division as he takes part in a mission in Zhary district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)