Lt. Col. Steven Soika, commander of the 5th Battalion,

Lt. Col. Steven Soika, commander of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., listens to a brief from Capt. Andrew Figer, commander of the unit's B Company, during a break from Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, southern Afghanistan, April 14. The operation's purpose was to clear the town of improvised explosive devices and bring U.S. and Afghan presence in the town, thereby providing local Afghans with security.