America’s best. Note: All pictures taken over last 72 hours.

U.S. Army soldiers of “Attack” Co, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment stand guard at the entrance of the Afghan National Army (ANA) camp while their comrades are giving Combat Medical training to Afghan soldiers in Zharay district, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan October 27, 2012.

U.S. Army soldier SPC Cody Hudson of “Attack” Co, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment stops briefly to wait for his comrades during a patrol in Zharay district, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan October 27, 2012.

U.S. Army soldiers of “Attack” Co, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment stop briefly on a road while on patrol in Zharay district, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan October 27, 2012.

U.S. Army soldier SPC Collin Pallesen of “Attack” Co, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment plays with an Afghanistan dog named “Tango” before heading out of Combat Outpost Kandalay to patrol in Zharay district, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan October 27, 2012. “Tango” always comes with the platoon during patrols, Pallesen said.

Girls cover their faces near U.S. Army soldiers of “Attack” Co, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment heading out of Combat Outpost Kandalay to patrol in Zharay district, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan October 27, 2012.

U.S. Army soldier SGT Stephen Whiting, a medic of HHC, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, wears a bracelet in memory of his late comrade SPC Joseph White, aboard an armoured vehicle in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan October 27, 2012. White, his best friend and a classmate in a “Medic” course, was killed in Afghanistan by an IED bomb in 2009.

Boys herd sheep past U.S. Army soldiers of “Attack” Co, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment on patrol in a village in Zharay district, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan October 27, 2012.

U.S. Army soldier SPC Lonnie Smith of “Attack” Co, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment walks in a cornfield during a patrol in Zharay district, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan October 27, 2012.

U.S. soldiers of B Troop, 1st squadron of 4th US Cavalry prepare for a night foot patrol in a COP (Combat outpost) Sar Howza in Paktika province October 26, 2012.