God bless them.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mykel Luera, team leader with 3rd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, loads a 40mm grenade into his M203 grenade launcher before a patrol in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 3, 2012. Marines conducted the patrol to disrupt the flow of lethal and illicit aid by the enemy in the area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison/ Released)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, conduct a security patrol out of Forward Operating Base Shamsher, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 3, 2012. Marines conducted the patrol to disrupt the flow of lethal and illicit aid by the enemy in the area.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, conduct a security patrol out of Forward Operating Base Shamsher, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 3, 2012. Marines conducted the patrol to disrupt the flow of lethal and illicit aid by the enemy in the area.

Soldiers with 18th Explosive Ordnance Disposal, 192nd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, perform a controlled detonation on more than 100 pounds of home made explosives in Mulakala, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2012.

U.S. Army Sgt. Jacob Bauer, an infantry team leader with 3rd Platoon, Company D, 2nd Brigade, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Infantry Division, prepares to lead his paratroopers on a patrol in Mulakala, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2012. The paratroopers were searching for an improvised explosive device factory in the village.

U.S. Army Spc. Jessie Johnivan and U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Conklin, paratroopers with 3rd Platoon, Company D, 2nd Brigade, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Infantry Division, pull security on a rooftop in the village of Shituri, Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2012.

U.S. Army Spc. Skylar Mallchok of 3rd Platoon, Company D, 2nd Brigade, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Infantry Division and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Philip Bulger with the Security Forces Advise and Assist Team, pull security in a wadi system after receiving enemy contact from the town of Shituri, Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2012.

U.S. Army Pfc. Christopher Marshal of 3rd Platoon, Company D, 2nd Brigade, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Infantry Division, uses his Mine Hound metal detector to search for buried weapons in a compound in Janabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2012.