May God watch over them. Note: All pictures taken yesterday in Paktia province.

A paratrooper from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry wipes the sweat from his eyes while on a mission to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktia province July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry hike up a mountain ridge while on a mission to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktia province July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

A paratrooper from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry fires a flare with his rifle’s grenade launcher to mark the unit’s location while on a mission to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktia province July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

A paratrooper from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry fires off a flare to mark the unit’s location while on a mission to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktiya province July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry use their rifles to look for insurgents on a mission to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktiya province July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry hike along a mountain ridge while on a mission to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktiya province July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

A Kiowa helicopter flies over the heads of paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry on a mission to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktiya province July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry walk through fields of corn while on a mission to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktiya province July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry walk past barbed wire to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktiya province July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry discuss their planned route for a patrol to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktiya province July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)