God bless them. Note: All pics were taken today.

A soldier from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, fires at a Taliban position after they were attacked during a patrol in a village in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, May 27, 2012. (REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui)

A soldier from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, runs to take cover as others fire at a Taliban position after they were attacked during a patrol in a village in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, May 27, 2012. (REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui)

U.S. Army Specialist Cory Denton of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, climbs through a break in a clay wall during a patrol in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 27, 2012. (REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui)

A soldier from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, fires at a Taliban position while others take cover after they were attacked during a patrol in a village in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, May 27, 2012. (REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui)

U.S. army soldiers of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, walk on a patrol in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 27, 2012. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)

U.S. Army Specialist Cory Denton of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, patrols across a field in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 27, 2012. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)