A U.S. servicemember assigned to Special Operations Task Force - South provides security overwatch during a routine patrol in Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 1, 2011. The SOTF-South team conducts regular patrols to bolster sec...

A U.S. servicemember attached to Special Operations Task Force - South hands out pens to Afghan children as the SOTF-South team visits local elders during a routine patrol in Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 1, 2011. The SOTF-S...

A U.S. servicemember with Special Operations Task Force - South interacts with an Afghan boy during a routine patrol, March 27, 2011, Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF - South team in the area conducts regular patrols in orde...

A U.S. Air Force Combat Controller, assigned to Special Operations Task Force - South, writes down enemy grid coordinates in Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2011. After gaining positive identification of insurgents, member...

A U.S. Special Forces Soldier, assigned to Special Operations Task Force - South in southern Afghanistan, provides security overwatch during an assault on an insurgent position late in the evening in Kandahar province\'s Maiwand district, March 28, 2...

A U.S. servicemember with Special Operations Task Force - South provides security overwatch during a routine patrol Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 1, 2011. The SOTF - South team conducts regular patrols in order to bolster se...

A U.S. servicemember assigned to Special Operations Task Force - South looks through his binoculars for suspicious activity while on patrol in Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 1, 2011. The SOTF-South team conducts regular patro...

A member of the Afghan National Police provides security overwatch during a routine security patrol Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 1, 2011. Supported by Special Operations Task Force - South Soldiers, members of ANP patrol th...