Kicking ass, taking names. All pics taken over last 48 hours.
U.S. Army soldier of 5-20 Infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne Division gets ready for a mission in Zharay district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan June 11, 2012. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)
A U.S. Army soldier of 508 BSTB, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division attached to 5-20 Infantry Regiment casts a shadow as he returns to an Afghan security forces compound in Zharay district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan June 11, 2012. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)
A U.S. Army Apache flies past the moon in the Zharay district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan June 11, 2012. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)
A U.S. Army soldier of 5-20 Infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne Division secures a road during a controlled explosion in Zharay district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan June 11, 2012. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov)
The sun rises on mountains behind a United States’ Army soldier from Charlie Company, 1-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, at Blocking Position one above Kamdesh in Afghanistan’s Nuristan Province June 11, 2012. (REUTERS/Tim Wimborne)
A United States’ Army soldier from Charlie Company, 1-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, mans a .50 calibre machine gun at Blocking Position two above Kamdesh in Afghanistan’s Nuristan Province June 11, 2012. (REUTERS/Tim Wimborne)
A United States’ Army soldier from Charlie Company, 1-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, keeps guard at Blocking Position one above Kamdesh in Afghanistan’s Nuristan Province June 11, 2012. (REUTERS/Tim Wimborne)
US Marine Sgt. Jordan Hintz from Baker Company of the 1st battalion 7th Marines Regiment looks through his scope while on patrol in Sangin on June 10, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/ADEK BERRY)
US Marine Sgt. Jordan Hintz from Baker Company of the 1st battalion 7th Marines Regiment prepares his team prior to a patrol in Sangin on June 10, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/ADEK BERRY)
UH-60 Black Hawks land for the pickup of U.S. soldiers assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field, Artillery Regiment, Task Force 4-25, outside of Loy Murghoz, Khowst province, Afghanistan, June 10, 2012. A Battery had been conducting a presence patrol to search for weapons and contraband.