First Lt. Kirk Shoemaker, a platoon leader with 2nd

First Lt. Kirk Shoemaker, a platoon leader with 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, calls roll prior to a patrol May 29, 2012, Forward Operating Base Arian, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The brigade deployed to Ghazni in March to help bring security to the areas surrounding Highway 1, one of the most important and dangerous roads in the country.