Soldiers of Echo Troop, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd

Soldiers of Echo Troop, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, play with children in the Sharobi District Center of eastern Paktika province during a combined patrol, July 27. When the soldiers discovered they only had one pen left to give out, they gave the boys the chance to compete in a foot race to see who would receive the prize.