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Special Immigrant Visa applicants, their families and other individuals at risk from Afghanistan arrived at Wisconsin's Fort McCoy Sunday, one of three military installations housing Afghan refugees in the United States.

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Spc. Christopher Parks, of Manhattan, Kansas, at left, and Spc. Derek Rubenthaler, of Lincoln, return to their barracks after a day of work at the lumber yard at Forward Operating Base Sharana on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. The soldiers are part of Nebraska's 623rd Engineering Company and make the trek home under airplanes and through softball and soccer games.

Children sweep the streets at the district center of Marwakh, near Combat Outpost Zormat, on Saturday, March 19, 2011. First Lt. Justin Schultz, of Council Bluffs, not pictured, and the 1-168th battalion of the Iowa National Guard's Delta Company worked with Shura leaders to set up a work for cash project in which locals boys and men cleaned up the streets of the bazaar.

Sgt. Adam Norgaard, of Spencer, lifts weights at the gym at Combat Outpost Zormat on Monday, March 21, 2011. Norgaard said he tries to lift every day, though some days his missions make him too tired or busy to do so.

Spc. Josh Vondrak, of Sioux City, at center, and Staff Sgt. David Pinney, of Sioux City, with Pfc. Ryan Baue, of Le Mars, at left, joke around shortly after sunrise at a burn pit at Bagram Airfield after an overnight presence patrol mission in which their convoy patrolled a section north of the airfield starting at 10 P.M. on Friday and ending when they started the second part of their mission at 6 A.M. on Saturday, March 26, 2011. The second platoon, of Charlie troop of the 1-113th Cavalry Squadron of the Iowa National Guard, then assisted the Explosive Ordinance Disposal team in detonating an unexploded ordinance in a controlled manner. They finished at 11:30 that morning.

Pfc. Cody Demoss, of Des Moines, wears a flower he picked from a field while he and members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron's HHT pass through several towns on a foot patrol of a section of the Bagram Security Zone nearby Bagram Airfield on Sunday, March 27, 2011.

Spc. Scott Dougherty, of Des Moines, poses for a portrait while he and members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron's HHT pass through several towns on a foot patrol of a section of the Bagram Security Zone nearby Bagram Airfield on Sunday, March 27, 2011.

Spc. Eric Armstrong, of South Sioux City, poses for a portrait while he and members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron's HHT pass through several towns on a foot patrol of a section of the Bagram Security Zone nearby Bagram Airfield on Sunday, March 27, 2011.

Pvt. Christopher Grady, of Ford Dodge, passes a gate in a fence leading to a village outside of Bagram Airfield on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The Iowa National Guard's the 2-34th Brigade HHC PSD were participating in a patrol of the Bagram Security Zone.

Spc. Kyle Graber, of Kalona, Iowa, pulls security while members of the 2-34th Brigade HHC PSD talk with local villagers about a problem of flooding outside of Bagram Airfield on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The Iowa National Guardsmen were participating in a patrol of the Bagram Security Zone.

Spc. Chad Cosens, a medic of Madrid, AT RIGHT, treats a young girl who said she had fallen into the cooking fire at her home in a village outside of Bagram Airfield on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Cosens said that he is flooded with medical aid requests when the villagers find out he is a medic. The Iowa National Guard's the 2-34th Brigade HHC PSD were participating in a patrol of the Bagram Security Zone.

Spc. Justin Ishmael-Rupp, of Sioux City, squeezes through an opening in a wall while he and members of the 2-34th Brigade HHC PSD make their way on winding paths back to Bagram Airfield on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The Iowa National Guardsmen were participating in a patrol of the Bagram Security Zone.

The 2-34th Brigade HHC PSD passes through fields soaked from recent rainfall outside of Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on March 29, 2011. The Iowa National Guardsmen were participating in a patrol of the Bagram Security Zone.

Sgt. Heather Eberly, of Altoona, cleans the gunshot wound in the stomach of Sgt. Daniel O'Connor, of Tampa, Fla. at the Battalion Aid Station at Forward Operating Base Wright in Kunar Province on Friday, April 1, 2011. O'Connor, with the 2-327th 101st Airborne Charlie Company, was wounded during an offensive earlier this week. Eberly is a medic with the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team.

Major Mary Parmenter, of Perry, at left, hugs Sgt. Heather Eberly, of Altoona, at the Department of Women's Affairs at a village near Forward Operating Base Wright in Kunar province on Saturday, April 2, 2011. As a medic, Eberly participated in a day filled with treating trauma patients and said the experience was starting to settle in and she was having trouble sleeping. "Unfortunately, with residual effects of trauma, sleep is not easy to come by," Eberly said. The women are part of the Female Engagement Team for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team.

Pfc. Matt Gibson, of Batavia, stands in front of a MATV that hit a mine near the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Gibson, who belongs to the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron, and his platoon were headed to a key leader engagement at the village when the lead vehicle hit the mine, which they believe was set off by the weight of the MATV.

At right, Pfc. Matt Gibson, of Batavia, and Sgt. Cullen Wurzer, of Des Moines, exit a shack where they found a number of weapons, including RPGs and an RPG launcher, in the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011.

Spc. Shane Taylor, of Slater, crawls into a small cave as Spc. Jordan Wall, of Fort Dodge, pulls security in the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Members of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron discovered munitions in caves and a storage shed at Pacha Khak.

Spc. Jeremy Henrich, of Hinton, climbs down the steep wall of a ravine in pursuit of two insurgents trying to make their escape through the narrow passages of the riverbed near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Henrich and three other members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with the insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents, who died, were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron make contact with two insurgents in a dry ravine near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron make contact with two insurgents in a dry ravine near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Spc. Shane Taylor, of Slater, walks toward a pass that had been cleared by air support near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with the insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents, who died, were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Staff Sgt. Michael Davis, of Altoona, rests shortly after engaging in contact with two insurgents in a dry ravine near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Also pictured is Spc. Brandon Dykun, of Pittsburg, at left, who was also involved in the firefight at the bottom of the ravine. The men are with the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron.

Spc. Jeremy Henrich, of Hinton, wears a tattered uniform after being involved in a firefight while in pursuit of two insurgents trying to make their escape through the narrow passages of the riverbed near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Henrich, who believes the hole may have been caused by a bullet, and three other members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with the insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents, who died, were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Possessions belonging to an insurgent killed in action are piled inside of his hate near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with two insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

With the blood of an insurgent fighter on his hand, Spc. Brandon Dykun, of Pittsburg, smokes a cigarette shortly after engaging in contact with two insurgents in a dry ravine near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Dykun volunteered to be with the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron.

Spc. Andrew Suggs, of Cedar Rapids, rests among Afghan villagers awaiting the identification and release of the bodies of two insurgents who were involved in a firefight with the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with the insurgents at the bottom of a ravine. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Spc. Andrew Suggs, of Cedar Rapids, rests among Afghan villagers awaiting the identification and release of the bodies of two insurgents who were involved in a firefight with the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Suggs, who is on his second deployment, is part of the Iowa National Guard's 2-34th Battalion Special Troops Platoon Bravo Company.

An Afghan man views the bodies of two insurgents killed in action near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with two insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

MATVs belong to the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron leave the village of Pacha Khak after a firefight in the nearby village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Members of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron discovered munitions in caves and a storage shed at Pacha Khak.

Afghan National Police give a ride to members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron near the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with the insurgents at the bottom of a ravine. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team completes a controlled detonation of weapons discovered in the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Members of the AIr Force Office of Special Investigations and the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron discovered the munitions in caves and a storage shed.

Sgt. Cullen Wurzer, of Des Moines, rubs his eyes after a long day involving a mine explosion, a weapons cache discovery and a firefight near the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Also pictured are, from left, Cpt. Randall Stanford, of Clive, Spc. Kristina Gupton, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina and Staff Sgt. Cody Johnson, of Ankeny. With the exception of Gupton, who is a combat photographer, the soldiers are members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron.

A member of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron pulls security at the end of the day near the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. The day included a mine explosion, a weapons cache discovery and a firefight.

From left, Spc. Kristina Gupton, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Staff Sgt. Cody Johnson, of Ankeny, Spc. Mark Odde, of Atlantic, and Sgt. Cullen Wurzer, of Des Moines, relax after a long day involving a mine explosion, a weapons cache discovery and a firefight near the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. With the exception of Gupton, who is a combat photographer, the soldiers are members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron.

Spc. Eric Armstrong, of South Sioux City, rests his hands on his M4 rifle, revealing a tattoo that says "Invictus Maneo," a motto for the Armstrong Clan of Scotland, during a weapons testing just outside of Bagram Airfield on Saturday, April 9, 2011. The meaning of the Latin phrase is "I Remain Unvanquished." Armstrong is part of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron's HHT.

Sgt. Robert Bare, of Pratt, Kansas, enjoys hot dogs in a shack near Charlie Company barracks at Camp Phoenix on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Bare is part of the Charlie Company of the Nebraska Army National Guard's 1-134th Cavalry Squadron, which is stationed at Camp Phoenix.

Sgt. John Matheson, 45, of Omaha poses for a portrait near Musahi, south of Kabul, on Friday, April 15, 2011. This is the second deployment for Matheson, who is part of the 1-134th Calvary Squadron of the Nebraska National Guard HHT.

With village elders at left and Col. Mohammad Zia Mohammadi, the section commander of the Shakardara district, in blue at right, 2nd Lt. Joshua Metcalf, at center, of Lincoln, and 2nd Lt. Sean Polson, of Chadron, participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new bridge over a river in the Shakardara district on Saturday, April 16, 2011. Metcalf is part of Bravo Troop, which does police mentoring, in the Nebraska National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron

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Spc. Christopher Parks, of Manhattan, Kansas, at left, and Spc. Derek Rubenthaler, of Lincoln, return to their barracks after a day of work at the lumber yard at Forward Operating Base Sharana on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. The soldiers are part of Nebraska's 623rd Engineering Company and make the trek home under airplanes and through softball and soccer games.

Children sweep the streets at the district center of Marwakh, near Combat Outpost Zormat, on Saturday, March 19, 2011. First Lt. Justin Schultz, of Council Bluffs, not pictured, and the 1-168th battalion of the Iowa National Guard's Delta Company worked with Shura leaders to set up a work for cash project in which locals boys and men cleaned up the streets of the bazaar.

Sgt. Adam Norgaard, of Spencer, lifts weights at the gym at Combat Outpost Zormat on Monday, March 21, 2011. Norgaard said he tries to lift every day, though some days his missions make him too tired or busy to do so.

Spc. Josh Vondrak, of Sioux City, at center, and Staff Sgt. David Pinney, of Sioux City, with Pfc. Ryan Baue, of Le Mars, at left, joke around shortly after sunrise at a burn pit at Bagram Airfield after an overnight presence patrol mission in which their convoy patrolled a section north of the airfield starting at 10 P.M. on Friday and ending when they started the second part of their mission at 6 A.M. on Saturday, March 26, 2011. The second platoon, of Charlie troop of the 1-113th Cavalry Squadron of the Iowa National Guard, then assisted the Explosive Ordinance Disposal team in detonating an unexploded ordinance in a controlled manner. They finished at 11:30 that morning.

Pfc. Cody Demoss, of Des Moines, wears a flower he picked from a field while he and members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron's HHT pass through several towns on a foot patrol of a section of the Bagram Security Zone nearby Bagram Airfield on Sunday, March 27, 2011.

Spc. Scott Dougherty, of Des Moines, poses for a portrait while he and members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron's HHT pass through several towns on a foot patrol of a section of the Bagram Security Zone nearby Bagram Airfield on Sunday, March 27, 2011.

Spc. Eric Armstrong, of South Sioux City, poses for a portrait while he and members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron's HHT pass through several towns on a foot patrol of a section of the Bagram Security Zone nearby Bagram Airfield on Sunday, March 27, 2011.

Pvt. Christopher Grady, of Ford Dodge, passes a gate in a fence leading to a village outside of Bagram Airfield on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The Iowa National Guard's the 2-34th Brigade HHC PSD were participating in a patrol of the Bagram Security Zone.

Spc. Kyle Graber, of Kalona, Iowa, pulls security while members of the 2-34th Brigade HHC PSD talk with local villagers about a problem of flooding outside of Bagram Airfield on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The Iowa National Guardsmen were participating in a patrol of the Bagram Security Zone.

Spc. Chad Cosens, a medic of Madrid, AT RIGHT, treats a young girl who said she had fallen into the cooking fire at her home in a village outside of Bagram Airfield on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Cosens said that he is flooded with medical aid requests when the villagers find out he is a medic. The Iowa National Guard's the 2-34th Brigade HHC PSD were participating in a patrol of the Bagram Security Zone.

Spc. Justin Ishmael-Rupp, of Sioux City, squeezes through an opening in a wall while he and members of the 2-34th Brigade HHC PSD make their way on winding paths back to Bagram Airfield on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The Iowa National Guardsmen were participating in a patrol of the Bagram Security Zone.

The 2-34th Brigade HHC PSD passes through fields soaked from recent rainfall outside of Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on March 29, 2011. The Iowa National Guardsmen were participating in a patrol of the Bagram Security Zone.

Sgt. Heather Eberly, of Altoona, cleans the gunshot wound in the stomach of Sgt. Daniel O'Connor, of Tampa, Fla. at the Battalion Aid Station at Forward Operating Base Wright in Kunar Province on Friday, April 1, 2011. O'Connor, with the 2-327th 101st Airborne Charlie Company, was wounded during an offensive earlier this week. Eberly is a medic with the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team.

Major Mary Parmenter, of Perry, at left, hugs Sgt. Heather Eberly, of Altoona, at the Department of Women's Affairs at a village near Forward Operating Base Wright in Kunar province on Saturday, April 2, 2011. As a medic, Eberly participated in a day filled with treating trauma patients and said the experience was starting to settle in and she was having trouble sleeping. "Unfortunately, with residual effects of trauma, sleep is not easy to come by," Eberly said. The women are part of the Female Engagement Team for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team.

Pfc. Matt Gibson, of Batavia, stands in front of a MATV that hit a mine near the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Gibson, who belongs to the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron, and his platoon were headed to a key leader engagement at the village when the lead vehicle hit the mine, which they believe was set off by the weight of the MATV.

At right, Pfc. Matt Gibson, of Batavia, and Sgt. Cullen Wurzer, of Des Moines, exit a shack where they found a number of weapons, including RPGs and an RPG launcher, in the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011.

Spc. Shane Taylor, of Slater, crawls into a small cave as Spc. Jordan Wall, of Fort Dodge, pulls security in the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Members of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron discovered munitions in caves and a storage shed at Pacha Khak.

Spc. Jeremy Henrich, of Hinton, climbs down the steep wall of a ravine in pursuit of two insurgents trying to make their escape through the narrow passages of the riverbed near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Henrich and three other members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with the insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents, who died, were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron make contact with two insurgents in a dry ravine near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron make contact with two insurgents in a dry ravine near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Spc. Shane Taylor, of Slater, walks toward a pass that had been cleared by air support near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with the insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents, who died, were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Staff Sgt. Michael Davis, of Altoona, rests shortly after engaging in contact with two insurgents in a dry ravine near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Also pictured is Spc. Brandon Dykun, of Pittsburg, at left, who was also involved in the firefight at the bottom of the ravine. The men are with the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron.

Spc. Jeremy Henrich, of Hinton, wears a tattered uniform after being involved in a firefight while in pursuit of two insurgents trying to make their escape through the narrow passages of the riverbed near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Henrich, who believes the hole may have been caused by a bullet, and three other members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with the insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents, who died, were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Possessions belonging to an insurgent killed in action are piled inside of his hate near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with two insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

With the blood of an insurgent fighter on his hand, Spc. Brandon Dykun, of Pittsburg, smokes a cigarette shortly after engaging in contact with two insurgents in a dry ravine near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Dykun volunteered to be with the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron.

Spc. Andrew Suggs, of Cedar Rapids, rests among Afghan villagers awaiting the identification and release of the bodies of two insurgents who were involved in a firefight with the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with the insurgents at the bottom of a ravine. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

Spc. Andrew Suggs, of Cedar Rapids, rests among Afghan villagers awaiting the identification and release of the bodies of two insurgents who were involved in a firefight with the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Suggs, who is on his second deployment, is part of the Iowa National Guard's 2-34th Battalion Special Troops Platoon Bravo Company.

An Afghan man views the bodies of two insurgents killed in action near the village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with two insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

MATVs belong to the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron leave the village of Pacha Khak after a firefight in the nearby village of Walli Kalay on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Members of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron discovered munitions in caves and a storage shed at Pacha Khak.

Afghan National Police give a ride to members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron near the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with the insurgents at the bottom of a ravine. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team completes a controlled detonation of weapons discovered in the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Members of the AIr Force Office of Special Investigations and the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron discovered the munitions in caves and a storage shed.

Sgt. Cullen Wurzer, of Des Moines, rubs his eyes after a long day involving a mine explosion, a weapons cache discovery and a firefight near the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Also pictured are, from left, Cpt. Randall Stanford, of Clive, Spc. Kristina Gupton, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina and Staff Sgt. Cody Johnson, of Ankeny. With the exception of Gupton, who is a combat photographer, the soldiers are members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron.

A member of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron pulls security at the end of the day near the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. The day included a mine explosion, a weapons cache discovery and a firefight.

From left, Spc. Kristina Gupton, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Staff Sgt. Cody Johnson, of Ankeny, Spc. Mark Odde, of Atlantic, and Sgt. Cullen Wurzer, of Des Moines, relax after a long day involving a mine explosion, a weapons cache discovery and a firefight near the village of Pacha Khak on Thursday, April 7, 2011. With the exception of Gupton, who is a combat photographer, the soldiers are members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron.

Spc. Eric Armstrong, of South Sioux City, rests his hands on his M4 rifle, revealing a tattoo that says "Invictus Maneo," a motto for the Armstrong Clan of Scotland, during a weapons testing just outside of Bagram Airfield on Saturday, April 9, 2011. The meaning of the Latin phrase is "I Remain Unvanquished." Armstrong is part of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron's HHT.

Sgt. Robert Bare, of Pratt, Kansas, enjoys hot dogs in a shack near Charlie Company barracks at Camp Phoenix on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Bare is part of the Charlie Company of the Nebraska Army National Guard's 1-134th Cavalry Squadron, which is stationed at Camp Phoenix.

Sgt. John Matheson, 45, of Omaha poses for a portrait near Musahi, south of Kabul, on Friday, April 15, 2011. This is the second deployment for Matheson, who is part of the 1-134th Calvary Squadron of the Nebraska National Guard HHT.

With village elders at left and Col. Mohammad Zia Mohammadi, the section commander of the Shakardara district, in blue at right, 2nd Lt. Joshua Metcalf, at center, of Lincoln, and 2nd Lt. Sean Polson, of Chadron, participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new bridge over a river in the Shakardara district on Saturday, April 16, 2011. Metcalf is part of Bravo Troop, which does police mentoring, in the Nebraska National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron

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