The best this country has to offer, pray they come home safely. Note: All pics taken over the last week.

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.

A soldier from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, looks at a Taliban position after they attacked the Combat Outpost (COP) Boston in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan May 26, 2012.

A U.S. Army soldier of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, sits with a Kalashnikov assault rifle as he waits with his colleagues in a school yard during a local shura meeting in the town of Senjaray, Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 29, 2012.

Jake Beaudoin, a U.S. Army Private of 508 BSTB, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, takes cover during a controlled detonation to clear an area for setting up a check point in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 31, 2012. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)

A member of the Afghan National Police (ANP) watches from a roof at U.S. army soldiers of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, as they conduct a mission to set up check point in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 31, 2012. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)

Joseph Bolobanic, a U.S. Army Sergeant of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, gestures to his colleagues as he walks during a mission in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 30, 2012. Picture taken May 30, 2012. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)

Sam Baker, a U.S. Army Sergeant of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, gets ready for a mission in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 31, 2012. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)

Staff Sgt. William Carlson, a weapons loader assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, performs maintenance on an F-16 Fighting Falcon bomb carriage May 28, 2012. Personnel are deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Swamp Fox F-16s, pilots, and support personnel began their air expeditionary force deployment early April to take over flying missions for the air tasking order and provide close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan

Capt. Damon Remley, a fighter pilot assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, lands an F-16 Fighting Falcon after flying a mission May 28, 2012. Personnel are deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Swamp Fox F-16s, pilots, and support personnel began their air expeditionary force deployment early April to take over flying missions for the air tasking order and provide close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer William Gibbens, Senior Enlisted Leader for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah (left), provides security during an Afghan Local Police graduation ceremony in Dizhak Village, Farah province, Afghanistan on May 29. PRT Farah is a unit of soldiers, sailors and airmen tasked with facilitating governance and stability in the region by working hand in hand with local officials and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison)

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer William Gibbens, Senior Enlisted Leader for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, travels to an Afghan Local Police graduation ceremony in Dizhak Village, Farah province, Afghanistan on May 29. PRT Farah is a unit of soldiers, sailors and airmen tasked with facilitating governance and stability in the region by working hand in hand with local officials and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison)

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U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Kong Ly, a Security Force member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, provides security during an Afghan Local Police graduation ceremony in Dizhak Village, Farah province, Afghanistan on May 29. PRT Farah is a unit of soldiers, sailors and airmen tasked with facilitating governance and stability in the region by working hand in hand with local officials and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison)

U.S. Army Spc. Paul Tabor, team leader and a native of N.C., assigned to Team Delaware 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Brigade, Task Force 4-25, scans his sector of the perimeter May 28. Team Delaware went on an Afghan National Army led patrol of some villages in the Tani district.

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan- Paratroopers with the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Brigade, Task Force 4-25, patrol a village in the Tani district May 28. The patrol was led start to finish by the Afghan National Army.