U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Smith, 2-502, 101st Airborne Division looks into a pit of unexpolded ordinances turned in during the Cash for Work Program at Stronghold Dog, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2011. The program provides partnership with the local community by providing income for day labor and the turning in of unexploded ordinances. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford)
A 120mm mortar round flies out of the tube as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramey J. Brown (left), a section sergeant from Marshville, North Carolina, Spc. Tyler L. Dillon (center), a team leader from Williamstown, West Virginia, and Pvt. Gabriel C. Fields (right), from Fort Worth, Texas, all mortarmen assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Bandits, take cover while at Observation Post Mustang in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Jan. 26. "It gets pretty intense sometimes when firing, especially if a firefight is going on," said Dillon. (U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, 210th MPAD)
A Canadian national from the 1st section "Les Aigles " (the eagles) of the 2nd REG (Régiment étranger du génie), serving as a soldier with the French Foreign Legion, at Forward Operating Base Tagab-Kutschbach near Tagab in Kapisa Province on January 24, 2011. The French Foreign Legion, a military unit established in 1831, was created for foreign nationals of any nationlity wishing to serve in the French armed forces. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)
Afghan policemen stand around the lifeless body of a Taliban militant, who was killed during a clash with Afghan police in Laghman east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. A group of Taliban militants attacked a police check post stationed on the Laghman to Nangarhar highway on Sunday night, and one of the militants was killed in the attack, Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Corporal Christopher Pereda, 21, a heavy equipment operator from Yuma, Arizona, sits next to his vehicle after driving into a mud patch during a vehicle convoy in Garmser, Jan. 24, 2011. Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), were faced with soft and muddy terrain that immobilized many of their vehicles. Marines were forced to dig out their vehicles with shovels to get them free. (Cpl. John M. McCall/USMC)
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