America’s true one-percent Note: All pictures taken on April 13th and 14th.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nickolas Aloi provides security for members of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., as his military working dog looks on, during Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, southern Afghanistan, April 14.

Pvt. Daniel Rodriguez climbs a ladder to provide security on a roof top as Spc. Taylor Middlebrooks, of B Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, gives him a hand during Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, southern Afghanistan, April 14.

An Explosive Ordinance soldier attached to the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., provides security with soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., during a break from Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, southern Afghanistan, April 13.

Soldiers from B Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., pull security during Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, southern Afghanistan, April 13. The operation’s purpose was to clear the town of improvised explosive devices and bring U.S. and Afghan presence in the town, thereby providing local Afghans with security.

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Patrick S. Connell, a native of Idaho, and U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Noyes, a native of Texas, and medic, both assigned to Chosen Company, scan an area during a patrol in the Jani Khel district April 12 during Operation Marble Lion. Chosen Company is part of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Gold Geronimo.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Heck, a native of Alaska, and dog handler attached to Chosen Company, and Nina 3, a military working dog, patrol in the Jani Khel district April 11 during Operation Marble Lion. Chosen Company is part of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Gold Geronimo.

A UH-60 Black Hawk prepares to land in the Jani Khel district April 13 to extract paratroopers assigned to Chosen Company during Operation Marble Lion. Chosen Company is part of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Gold Geronimo.

A UH-60 Black Hawk lands in the Jani Khel district April 14 to extract paratroopers assigned to Chosen Company during Operation Marble Lion. Chosen Company is part of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Gold Geronimo.