Pray for their safe return.
Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry set up a gun position while on a mission to improve the biological database of men living in Afghanistan’s Paktiya Province July 12, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
Big Red One Soldiers serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division provided security in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 19 during Operation Blue Jay. Soldiers in the Dragon Brigade are currently serving under 1st Infantry Division headquarters in RC-East. Photo by Spc. David Barnes
Capt. Steven Simmons, 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, pauses during a foot patrol conducted in Afghanistan on July 6, 2012. Photo by Sgt. Matt Young
Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry walk along a flooded field while on a mission to improve the biological database of men living in Afghanistan’s Paktiya Province July 12, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
A paratrooper from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry marches through a wheat field towards a qalat while on a mission to improve the biological database of men in Afghanistan’s Paktiya Province July 12, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry walk away from the setting sun while on a mission to improve the biological database of men living in Afghanistan’s Paktiya Province July 12, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry help a sniper get on top of a roof during a mission to improve the biological database of men in Afghanistan’s Paktiya Province July 12, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry prepare to hike to the extraction point while on a mission to improve the biological database of men living in Afghanistan’s Paktiya Province July 12, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry walk past a shepherd while on a mission to improve the biological database of men living in Afghanistan’s Paktiya Province July 12, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)