First Lt. Mike White, platoon leader attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, calls over the radio for his team to get in place while on a patrol in Alingar District July 13, 2011. Laghman PRT’s mission was to meet with the Alingar district leaders, then perform a final inspection on two construction projects in the area.

Spc. Adam Supino, rifleman attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, scans a mountain side for enemy activity while on a patrol in Alingar District July 13, 2011

Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team hikes up a hillside after visiting a local high school while on a patrol in Alingar district July 13, 2011.

U.S. Marines Sgt. R.V. Maggitt, 27, of Alabama, left, and Staff Sgt. Crestino Campos, 28 of Greenville S.C., with Delta Company 1st Tank Battalion out of Twentynine Palms, Calif., board a helicopter home as they wrap up their deployment Sunday, July 17, 2011 at Combat Out Post Shir Ghazay in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony Mercado, 22, of Patchogue, N.Y., second from left, with Delta Company 1st Tank Battalion out of Twentynine Palms, Calif., waits to board a helicopter home with fellow Marines upon wrapping up their deployment Sunday, July 17, 2011 at Combat Out Post Shir Ghazay in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A young Afghan boy by the name of Shamaleh looks on as U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., patrol through the village of Shir Ghazay Sunday, July 17, 2011 in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Here’s a few recent pics from Iraq:

Lt. Branden Quintana, platoon leader with B Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, and Sgt. Cory Ballentine, a forward observer with the same company, pull security on the roof of an Iraqi Police station in Haqlaniyah in Iraq