U.S. Special Operations personnel take cover to avoid flying debris as they prepare to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2012.
The Soldiers were conducting reconnaissance for a future village stability platform, a site Afghan forces and coalition Special Operations Forces will use to live and work with villagers. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clayton Weiss, U.S. Navy/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr