9 November 2009 USU.S. Army Spc. Mic hae l RdRandazz iocondtducts a qui ikck searc hfh of some gear thtAfhithat an Afghan is us ing a dkdonkey to carry during a mission in Jaghato District, Wardak Province, , 8 July 2010. Spc. Randazzio is assigned to 1st , Able Company, 1-503rd , 173rd Airborne Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt Russell Gilchrest/Released) (100708-A-6225G-103) U.S. Army 1st Lt. Nick Eidemiller communicates by radio with the rest of his platoon while his interpreter stands patiently next to him during a mission in Jaghato District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, 8 July, 2010. 1st Lt. Eidemiller is assigned to 1st Platoon, Able Company, 1-503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt Russell Gilchrest/Released) (100708-A-6225G-108) U.S. Army Soldiers, Afghan National Police Officers, and Afghan National Army Soldiers travel into the village of Calenday, Jaghato District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, 10 July 2010. These U.S. Soldiers are assigned to 1st Platoon, Able Company, 1-503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt Russell Gilchrest/Released) (100710-A-6225G-059) Afghan children stand in the doorway of their home and watch as a platoon of U.S. Army pass by in the village of Calenday, Jaghato District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, 10 July 2010. The U.S. Army is here to help build good relations with the locals. ((ypygU.S. Army photo by Sgt Russell Gilchrest/Released) (100710- A-6225G-097) U.S. Army Soldiers, Afghan National Army soldiers, and Afghan National Police Officers travel through the village of Calenday, Jaghato District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, 10 July 2010. These U.S. Soldiers are assigned to 1st Platoon, Able Company, 1- 503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and are here to try and help build good relations with the locals. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt Russell Gilchrest/Released) (100710-A-6225G-104) National Army (ANA) Soldier works with some Afghan children in an attempt to get some water out of a well in the village JhtDi t i t WdkP i Af h i t 10 J l 2010 Thi ANA S ldi d hi l t i thi ill i fghan speaks with U.S. Army 1st ck Eidemiller regarding tions in the area in the village of nday, Jaghato District, Wardak nce, Afghanistan, 10 July 2010. t. Eidemiller and his platoon are in order to help improve security e area and are assigned to 1st on, Able Company, 1-503rd try Battalion, 173rd Airborne de Combat Team. (U.S. Army o by Sgt Russell rest/Released) (100710-A- G-124) Maj. Matthew Yandura speaks to Soldiers about how information operations can be useful in the field ,July 10, 2010, at a primary school takes part in a meeting between school faculty and some U.S. Military members assigned to the area in the village of Calenday, Jaghato District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, 13 July my Soldier listens to orders from his platoon leader during a mission in the village of Calenday, Jaghato Wardak Province, Afghanistan, 13 July 2010. The Soldier is assigned to 1st Platoon, Able Company, 1- s of of the Korean Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) unload sand bags from a KM450 y Spc. Benjamin Cardoza serves as an M2 .50 Caliber machine gun operator in the gun turret of a ehicle while on a mission in Jaghato District Wardak Province Afghanistan 14 July 2010 Spc Cardoza my communicates by radio with other elements of his platoon during a mission near the Lagar Jay Kahla Jaghato District Wardak Province Afghanistan 14 July 2010 This paratrooper is Soldiers take a photo of some ammunition that they came across lying on the ground during a mission they are near the village of Lagar Jay Kalha, Jaghato District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, 14 July 2010. These soldiers are an National Army Soldier looks at the camera while being photographed during a vehicle raining event being instructed by U.S. Army Soldiers at Combat Outpost Jaghato, Wardak U.S. Army Soldier takes a ee during a tactical pause in patrol that he and his toon are conducting in the agge of AkhtarKheyl, Jaghato trict, Wardak Province, hanistan, 15 July 2010. This dier is assigned to 1st toon,,py, Able Company, 1-503rd antry Battalion, 173rd borne Brigade Combat Team. S. Army photo by Sgt Russell chrest/Released))( (100715-A- 25G-068) Soldiers patrol through the deserts of Jaghato District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan while on their way back from the my 1st Lt. Nick Eidemiller speaks with an Afghan man while an Afghan National Army speaks with some of the man's relatives during a mission in the village of AkhtarKheyl, ard Mcgrail of Delta Company, 186th Brigade Support Battalion, Vermont National Guard, performs aintenance on a mine resistant amb sh protected all terrain ehicle at Bagram Airfield Afghanistan 16 ocal Afghan construction rker marks the cutting nt on a 2x4 in preparation cut sections for a wall of a rracks at Forward erating Base Shank, gar Province, ghanistan, 16 July 2010. S. Army photo by Sgt. rec Pierson/Released) 00716-A-4544P-010)