A US soldier from Viper Company 1-26 (Bravo) Infantry takes a position during a foot patrol as they search for cache of arms at a mountain area at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 24, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE)

Captain Aaron Tapalman, commnading officer of the Viper Company 1-26 (Bravo) Infantry leads his men on a foot patrol to search for cache of arms at a mountain area at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 24, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE)

US soldiers from Viper Company 1-26 (Bravo) Infantry walk past an elderly man during a house to house search for arms and ammunitions at a village at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 24, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE)

Cpl. Alder provides aerial observation from the ramp of a MV-22B Osprey as it flies over southwestern Afghanistan, June 22. Alder is an Osprey crew chief deployed with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264, deployed out of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C.

Flintstone, Md., native Cpl. Travis Alder is an MV-22B Osprey crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264, deployed out of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. He is currently serving his first tour and has accumulated more than 250 flight hours providing assault support for coalition ground troops in southwestern Afghanistan.

US soldiers from Viper Company 1-26 (Bravo) Infantry on a foot patrol on a mountain area as they search for cache of arms at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 24, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE)

A US soldier from Viper Company 1-26 (Bravo) Infantry takes his position on the roof of a house during a house to house search for arms and ammunitions at a village at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 24, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE)

US soldiers from Viper Company 1-26 (Bravo) Infantry search a house for arms and ammunitions at a village at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 24, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE)

Here’s a few of our Canadian friends.

18 June 2011 Kandahar District, Afghanistan ,Canadian Forces Door Gunner, Sergeant Chad Zopf, engages a target at Texas Helo Range from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter using a GAU-21 50-caliber machine gun during a training exercise.

18 June 2011 Kandahar District, Afghanistan ,Canadian Forces Flight Engineer and Door Gunner, Sergeant Jim Nobbs, obtains positive identification of a target from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter using a M134D Dillon Mini Gun during a training exercise at Texas Helo Range.

A Canadian Army soldier from Bulldog Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Royal Regiment, walks during a patrol in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan June 25, 2011. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

A Canadian light armored vehicle drives next to a soldier from Bulldog Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Royal Regiment, walks during a patrol in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province southern Afghanistan June 25, 2011. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)