All pictures taken yesterday in Kunar Province.

Soldiers from Alpha Battery of the 2nd Platoon, 2-77 Field Artillery load fuses onto high explosive rounds to use in a 155mm Howitzer at FOB Joyce in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province June 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Soldiers from Alpha Battery of the 2nd Platoon, 2-77 Field Artillery clean the barrel of a 155mm Howitzer before firing on insurgent positions at FOB Joyce in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province June 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Soldiers from Alpha Battery of the 2nd Platoon, 2-77 Field Artillery fire a 155mm Howitzer on insurgent positions at FOB Joyce in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province June 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

The barrel of a 155mm Howitzer from Alpha Battery of the 2nd Platoon, 2-77 Field Artillery is pictured in front of smoke rising from it’s bombardment of insurgent positions at FOB Joyce in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province June 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

A soldier from Alpha Battery of the 2nd Platoon, 2-77 Field Artillery moves powder charges after firing on insurgent positions at FOB Joyce in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province June 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Soldiers from Alpha Battery of the 2nd Platoon, 2-77 Field Artillery walk past their 155mm Howitzer inside FOB Joyce in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province June 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Soldiers from Alpha Battery of the 2nd Platoon, 2-77 Field Artillery work to assemble Hesco barriers inside FOB Joyce in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province June 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)