U.S. soldiers serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division provide security in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

U.S. soldiers serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division provide security on top of a roof in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

U.S. Army Pfc. Haley serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, provides security in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

A U.S. Marine Corps Anti-Tank missileman attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 uses the command launch unit of a Javelin anti-tank missile system to observe enemy movement during Operation Trap House in the village of Deh Mushek in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 27, 2012. Marines conducted the operation to reduce the enemy’s ability to launch or fund any offensive operations from the Zamindawar region during the traditional fighting season.

U.S. Marines with Alpha Compnay, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 conduct pre-combat checks before a patrol during Operation Trap House in the village of Deh Mushek in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 26, 2012.

A U.S. Marine Corps machine gunner, left, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 provides security as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician checks an empty enemy fighting position for improvised explosive devices in the village of Deh Mushek during Operation Trap House in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 22, 2012.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Charles E. Mackey III, attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 supports a patrol in a compound during Operation Trap House in the village of Deh Mushek in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 26, 2012.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Egan, a squad leader with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, observes enemy movement with his personal periscope during a clearing operation in the village of Deh Mushek during Operation Trap House in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 25, 2012. Egan’s squad patrolled under the cover of darkness to establish an effective observation post.