U.S. SPC Henry Rosenquist of 2-12 Infantry 4BCT-4ID Task Force Mountain Warrior sits in the computer room in Honaker Miracle camp at the Pesh valley of Kunar Province August 13, 2009.

Pink Pair
Afghan girls pose for their mother at Qargha Lake, near Kabul, Afghanistan. 

IN THE WEEDS: Canadian army Cpl. Ryan Belgrave walked through a field of marijuana while on patrol near Salavat, Afghanistan, Wednesday. (Bob Strong/Reuters)

Flower Power
US soldiers of the 101st Airborne Devision laugh at the yellow flowers they attached to their helmets during a joint patrol with National Security Forces in the Arghandab Valley of Kandahar. 

TOP GUN: Air Force Staff Sgt. Asher Woodhouse scanned for threats from a helicopter above Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Monday. (Brennan Linsley/Associated Press)

US marines take cover as they come under fire during a firefight in Garmsir, southern Helmand.

Medevac troops look out from their Pavehawk helicopter while heading to pick up casualties.

Cover Fire
An Afghan soldier launches a rocket propelled grenade as US soldiers duck during a clash with insurgents in the volatile Arghandab Valley of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

LOW VISIBILITY: A U.S. medical helicopter arrived to evacuate a soldier who was seriously wounded when he stepped on an explosive device in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan, Friday. NATO announced that six U.S. troops died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)

Capt. Zachary Tegtmeier of Naperville, Illinois with the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division uses the door to a M-ATV vehicle to shield him as he returns fire on attacking militants July 2, 2010 over the village of Joikahr, Afghanistan. Paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne moved on Joikahr in the early morning of July 2 to establish a security watchpost overlooking the town; when they arrived, they found the town deserted of civilians and came under fire from suspected Taliban militants ensconced in the surrounding hills. After several hours of fighting, the paratroopers along with Afghan forces established the outpost on a hill overlooking the village. The U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne along have been working with Afghanistan National Army forces for nearly a year in this combative zone in the far northwest of the country, building relationships and attempting extend the Afghanistan central government rule to this rural and fiercely independent area rife with Taliban insurgents. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)