U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Charles, an infantryman with 2nd

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Charles, an infantryman with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, and a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., provides security as platoon leaders question locals about an improvised explosive device in Zambar, Afghanistan, Jan. 18. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Guffey, Task Force Rakkasan Public Affairs Office)