Enduring Freedom

U.S. Special Operations personnel take cover to avoid flying debris as they prepare to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 25, 2012. The soldiers are conducting reconnaissance for a future village stability platform, a site Afghan forces and coalition Special Operations Forces will use to live and work with villagers. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Clayton Weiss, U.S. Navy. (Released)

120225-N-BV659-316 U.S. Special Operations personnel take cover to avoid flying debris as they prepare to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 25, 2012. The soldiers are conducting reconnaissance for a future village stability platform, a site Afghan forces and coalition Special Operations Forces will use to live and work with villagers. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Clayton Weiss, U.S. Navy. (Released)