Paratroopers with 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment

Paratroopers with 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment load onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for an air assault mission near Combat Outpost Ab Band, May 23, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The unit is part of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, which deployed to the area in March to help bring security to the areas along the country’s main road between Kabul and Kandahar.