Staff Sgt. Ty M. Carter participates in a meeting with the local authorities at an Afghan National Police compound in West Kandahar City, Afghanistan, sometime between May and July 2012. The U.S. forces regularly met with local officials and leaders ...

Staff Sgt. Jimmy Justice, a section leader, and Spc. Ty M. Carter sight in their M14 sniper rifles at the Observation Point Fritsche helicopter landing zone, June 2009, as an Afghan National Army soldier observes. The Soldiers wanted to collect data ...

(Clockwise from top left) Spc. Ty M. Carter, Spc. Cody Floyd, Spc. Christopher T. Griffin, Sgt Eric Harder, Sgt. John Francis, Staff Sgt. Kirk Birchfield, Sgt. Scott Potempa, Spc. Michael Scusa, Pvt. Edward Faulkner and Pfc. Daniel Rogers gather for ...

Sgt. Ty M. Carter pauses for a final photo with his wife Shannon before deploying from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., May 2012, with A Troop, 8-1 Cavalry, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. This was the last time they would se...