U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Fairley (right),

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Fairley (right), a platoon sergeant, and Sgt. Wally Halt (left), a squad leader, both assigned to Distribution Platoon, Company G, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), scout the area before conducting a dismounted patrol around an Afghan National Army (ANA) combat outpost in Qalandar district, Khost province, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2013. The mission was conducted to check on the ANA combat outpost to assess its security and fortification standards while also conducting training on the M2 .50-caliber machine gun. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton/Released)