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PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Charles R. Reiff, an indirect fire infantryman with Dealer Company, 1st Battalion, 506ht Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), uses the optic on his Mk-14 Enhanced Battle Rifle to pull security at Afghan Combat Outpost Kaligu, Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2013.

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Soldiers with Dealer Company, 1st Battalion, 506ht Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), provide security at Afghan Combat Outpost Kaligu, Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2013.

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Charles R. Reiff, an indirect fire infantryman with Dealer Company, 1st Battalion, 506ht Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), uses the optic on his Mk-14 Enhanced Battle Rifle to pull security at Afghan Combat Outpost Kaligu, Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2013.

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Soldiers with Dealer Company, 1st Battalion, 506ht Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), scan their surroundings outside of Afghan Combat Outpost Kaligu, Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2013

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter prepares to depart Bagram Airfield for a mission Sept. 17. (Photo by Capt. Pete Smedberg, 10th CAB PAO)

Coalition force members look through items found by a military working dog during a search in a courtyard in Helmand province, Afghanistan last month. The coalition force captured an extremist leader during the operation. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Justin Young)

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ovite A. Lepou, an infantryman with Gunfighter Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), responds to a call on his radio as Sgt. Brian J. Divine, the medical evacuation non-commissioned officer for the 4th BCT, 101st Abn. Div., scans his surroundings, while on a security mission in Paktya Province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 31, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin A. Moeller, 4th Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs)

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Soldiers with Gunfighter Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), scale the side of a mountain to gain a better vantage for providing security mission for a bridge that is being built in Paktya Province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 31, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin A. Moeller, 4th Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs)

US Army soldiers with Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101 ABN DIV, scan for potential threats during a VBIED drill at FOB Gardez, Afghanistan, Aug. 29. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin A. Moeller, 4th Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs)

US Army Staff Sgt. Sean Pabey, truck commander, Sgt. James Carlberg, dog handler and his dog Staff Sgt. Abby, assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 3-15th Infantry Brigade, provide overwatch from the mountain tops of Maiden Shar, Afghanistan, Sept. 1, 2013 during operation Apache Shield. The operation allows U.S soldiers to assist the Afghan Military Police by showing a larger presence on the surrounding mountain tops to deter any enemies of Afghanistan in the area from launching indirect fire onto Forward Operating Base Airborne. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel M. Copeland / Released)

Note: All pics taken over the last month, cleared for release by ISAF.