U.S. Army Private Donovan Batterson, with the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, takes a break from minesweeping near the site where a member of Afghan Local Police was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.


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U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Bast, left, and fellow paratroopers leave Combat Outpost Giro on a patrol in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012. Bast is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. Their platoon has made contact with the enemy during each of the last six patrols

U.S. Army Pfc. James Burson secures his sector with an enhanced battle rifle in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012. Burson is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army Sgt. Ricky Muenzer, center, patrols through agricultural land in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012. Muenzer is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Pfc. Paul Anderson scans the area using the scope on his enhanced battle rifle while providing cover for fellow paratroopers, Afghan soldiers and policemen as they move across an open field during a presence patrol in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012. Anderson is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team

A U.S. Army paratrooper hurries to a firing position during a firefight in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Daniel Miller rushes with fellow paratroopers to a hilltop to direct the elements of his platoon during a firefight in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012. Miller, a platoon leader, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.