God bless them.
Spc. Kyle Graves, grenadier attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, uses is ACOG scope to check out a possible trigger point on a combat patrol to sweep for roadside bomb triggermen in Alingar District, Laghman province, Aug. 8, 2011. The PRT is serving as the quick reaction force, ready to respond at a moment’s notice to unexpected incidents in the province. The QRF was called up to escort the explosives ordnance disposal team to a found improvised explosive device site while clearing previous blast sites along the way.
Army Capt. Devin Ciminero, A Company, 1/182d company commander attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, dismounts to meet with his team while on a combat patrol to sweep for roadside bomb triggermen in Alingar District, Laghman province, Aug. 8, 2011.
Spcs. Kyle Graves and Michael Bartolo, attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, navigate through a series of rice paddies and corn fields while on a combat patrol to sweep for roadside bomb triggermen in Alingar District, Laghman province, Aug. 8, 2011.
Spcs. Kyle Graves and Michael Bartolo, attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, navigate through a series of rice paddies and corn fields while on a combat patrol to sweep for roadside bomb triggermen in Alingar District, Laghman province, Aug. 8, 2011.
Spc. Michael Bartolo, grenadier attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, stands at a ledge overlooking the Alingar River while on a combat patrol to sweep for roadside bomb triggermen in Alingar District, Laghman province, Aug. 8, 2011.
US soldier Specialist Collin Rand from the Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team plays with Afghan children during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers at Kandalay village in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on August 8, 2011 while US troops launched missile attacks on Taliban targets in nearby Kelawai village killing at least three and capturing two insurgents. (AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD)
Air Force Master Sgt. Jeffery Needham, staff platoon sergeant attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, fires his MK-48 machine gun at wooden targets while practicing at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam Aug. 6, 2011.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Husketh, vehicle maintainer attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, fires his M-4 rifle at targets while practicing at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam Aug. 6, 2011.
Fresh US troops from the 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team arrive with supplies at a patrol base on the outskirts of Kandalay village in southern Kandahar province on August 7, 2011. There are currently around 140,000 foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, with about 100,000 of them from the US. All international combat troops are due to leave by the end of 2014, but intense violence in recent months has raised questions over the prospects for Afghan forces as they take over. (AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD)