Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division scan a nearby ridgeline for enemy movement on March 4 in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktia province. (David Marck, Jr. / AFP)
Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division prepare to dig into fighting positions after a day of reacting to enemy fire in Paktia province. (David Marck, Jr. / AFP)
U.S. soldiers hug the wall of their compound on March 7 after receiving fire from an enemy anti-aircraft gun near the villages of Sherkhankheyl, Marzak and Bobelkiel. The towns, which were Al Qaeda and Taliban strongholds, came under intense bombing and firefights by coalition forces. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Soldiers blow a lock off a door as they take over a dwelling near the villages of Sherkhankheyl, Marzak and Bobelkiel. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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U.S. Army 10th Mountain soldiers take over a dwelling on March 8 near the villages of Sherkhankheyl, Marzak and Bobelkiel. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Jorge Avino from Miami, Florida carves the body count of enemy casualties on a rock near the villages of Sherkhankheyl, Marzak and Bobelkiel. The mortar team, of which Avino is a part, believe they killed 40 plus people, hit 12 vehicles and destroyed 1 mortar team. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
The body of a slain Taliban or Al Qaeda fighter lays on the ground in the Shah-e-Kot mountains as U.S. Army soldiers discuss the situation. (Pool Photo/Getty Images)
Members of the Canadian Light Infantry Battalion duck to avoid debris from a Chinook helicopter on March 17 in the Shahikot valley. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
