A U.S. Army soldier reacts inside an armored vehicle after his comrade was wounded at patrol by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan on June 12.

U.S. Army soldiers secure an area as a medic treats a comrade wounded by an improvised explosive device at a patrol in southern Afghanistan on June 12.

U.S. Army soldiers react after their comrade was wounded at patrol by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan on June 12.

U.S. Army soldiers carry their comrade wounded at patrol by an improvised explosive device towards a Blackhawk Medevac helicopter in southern Afghanistan on June 12.

U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan on May 25.

Gulam Dostager (C), a member of Afghan Local Police gestures next to U.S.Army soldiers of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, during their joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan on May 25. Dostager was killed shortly after this moment by blast of Improvised Explosive Device (IED).

Michael Foley, U.S. Army Lieutenant of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, crosses a canal during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation with Afghan security forces in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan on May 25.