A Company 1-22 Infantry Oct 2010

A Company 1-22 Infantry October 2010

A boy looks at a U.S. Soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion,
taking up position while on patrol in Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan
October 7, 2010

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A U.S. Soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion
talks on a two-way radio at a guard post in a remote joint U.S.-Afghan
military tactical checkpoint base in Kandahar Province
in southern Afghanistan October 7, 2010

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A U.S. Army Soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion
scans an area from his rifle's scope while taking up position
during a military operation searching for reported Taliban and weapons caches
in a village in Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan October 9, 2010

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion
take up positions during a military operation searching for reported
Taliban and weapons caches in a village in Kandahar Province,
southern Afghanistan October 9, 2010.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion
walk back to their base after a military operation searching for reported
Taliban and weapons caches in a village in Kandahar Province, October 9, 2010

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A U.S. Army Soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion
uses his rifle's scope to scan an area at a joint U.S.-Afghan military checkpoint
in Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan October 10, 2010
The tatoo on the Soldier's arms appears to say: SI VIS PACEM PARABELLUM,
roughly translated as "If you want peace prepare for war".

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion take up positions during
a military operation searching for reported Taliban and weapons caches in a village in Kandahar.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion takes up position during
a military operation searching for reported Taliban and weapons caches in a village in Kandahar.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion scans through his rifle's scope
during a military operation searching for reported Taliban and weapons caches in a village in Kandahar.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion walks past a mosque during
a military operation searching for reported Taliban and weapons caches in a village in Kandahar.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion take up positions during
a military operation searching for reported Taliban and weapons caches in a village in Kandahar
province, southern Afghanistan October 9, 2010.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion takes up position during
a military operation searching for reported Taliban and weapons caches in a village in Kandahar
province, southern Afghanistan October 9, 2010.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion walk back to their base
after a military operation searching for reported Taliban and weapons caches in a village
in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan October 9, 2010.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

SSG Mosteller from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion takes up position during
a military operation searching for reported Taliban and weapons caches in a village in
Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan October 9, 2010.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

An Afghan boy greets a U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion
while on position to provide security to a joint U.S.-Afghan military checkpoint along a road
in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan October 10, 2010.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion gives a fist bump to residents
at a joint U.S.-Afghan military checkpoint in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan October 10, 2010.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion takes up position
to provide security to a joint U.S.-Afghan military checkpoint along a road in Kandahar province
in southern Afghanistan October 10, 2010.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A man looks at a U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry Battalion
guarding a road in a joint U.S.-Afghan military checkpoint in Kandahar province
in southern Afghanistan October 10, 2010.

REUTERS/Erik de Castro

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