Security overwatch
1 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chris Buchness (right) of Leonardtown, Md., an infantryman and 3rd Platoon sergeant, and U.S. Army Spc. John Marks of Dubuque, Iowa, a cannon crewmember, both with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Red... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Black Hawk exit
2 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Soldier exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in the village of Darrah-I-Bum, Badghis Province, Afghanistan Jan. 5, 2011. The Soldier was part of a cadre of personnel accompanying the International Security Assistance Force Command Sergeant Major, Co... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Rotor wash
3 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers and Marines walk through rotor wash from a UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter as they move toward a Forward Operating Base in the village of Darrah-I-Bum, Badghis Province, Afghanistan Jan. 5, 2011. The cadre of personnel accompanied the Internation... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Preparing for lift-off
4 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army helicopter crew chiefs of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, stand outside an HH-60M MEDEVAC helicopter as it spins up on Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 3. The unit is the first to receive the HH-60M, which is the Army's newest MEDEVAC he... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Gaining the high ground
5 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, and Afghan National Security Forces work to gain high ground before moving into a hostile village on day three o... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Foot patrol
6 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. soldiers and Afghan police move out on a foot patrol in the Isa Khan region of Afghanistan\'s northern Kunduz province, Dec. 28, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1s... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
New Year\'s bonfire
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Bunker view
8 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Paul Deugan (left) of Ankeny, Iowa, and Sgt. Drew Russell (right) of Dubuque, Iowa both cavalry scouts with Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 113 Cavalry Regiment scan their sector of fire while Russell utilizes a M249 Squad Automatic ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Scanning the horizon
9 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Capt. Jason Merchant, the Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment commander from Dysart, Iowa, scans the area while on patrol on a mountainside near the village of Sigin Jan. 1. The Soldiers discovered a command wire in a riverbe... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL