U.S. Army Sgt. Keith Brantley and members of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment stop to rest during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan
U.S. Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment conduct an early morning dismounted patrol during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan
U.S. Army Sgt. Arthur Troche, along with members of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, engages in a small-arms firefight with insurgents during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan
U.S. Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment engage in a small-arms firefight with enemy forces during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan
A U.S. Soldier with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment searches a compound during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan
U.S. Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment engage in a small-arms firefight with enemy forces during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan
International Security Assistance Forces engage in a small-arms firefight with enemy forces during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan
U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment search for enemy activity during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan
A U.S. Soldier from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment searches for enemy movement during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released)
U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment provide security and search for improvised explosive devices in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan
A U.S. Soldier with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment photographs an improvised explosive device in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan
U.S. Soldier with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment covers his ear as a controlled detonation destroys an improvised explosive device during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Afghanistan
A U.S. Army soldier maneuvers through the village of Heydark Hel as part of a presence patrol in Sayed Abad district in Afghanistan's Wardak province, Feb. 19, 2010. The soldier is assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Gabriel C. Dearman carefully crosses a canal in Tantil village in the Manogai District of eastern Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2010. Dearman, a platoon leader is assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal. International Security Assistance Forces often visit Afghan villagers to check on their health, safety and welfare. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Albert L. Kelley
U.S. Army Lt. Col. William Clark, commander of 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, greets 1st Lt. David Schorzman, with the 478th Transportation Company, at the International Security Assistance Forces truck yard in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2010.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Roth, with the 478th Transportation Company, guards the International Security Assistance Force truck yard in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2010.
U.S. Army Sgt. Keith Bandarii, with 2nd Platoon, Cloak Troop, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, provides security during a patrol in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2010.
U.S. Army Spc. Christopher O'Grady, with 2nd Platoon, Cloak Troop, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, provides security during a patrol in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2010.