Photos by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Cruz, of Cortland, N.Y., stands along the bank of the Pech River during a patrol through the streets of Asadabad city in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 19. Cruz is deployed with the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, which is currently serving as part of Task Force Mountain Warrior

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jimmy Carabello, of Ft. Drum, N.Y., hands out school supplies to Afghan children at the Shigal District Center during a mission to distribute humanitarian assistance in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 19. Carabello is deployed with the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, which is currently serving as part of Task Force Mountain Warrior in eastern Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jimmy Carabello, of Ft. Drum, N.Y., shows Afghan children how to exchange the informal ‘fist bump’ greeting while on a patrol through the streets of Asadabad city in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 19. Carabello is deployed with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, which is currently serving as part of Task Force Mountain Warrior.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Cruz, of Cortland, N.Y., conducts a patrol with Afghan national security forces through the streets of Asadabad city in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, Aug. 19. Cruz is deployed with the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, which is currently serving as part of Task Force Mountain Warrior.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, patrol the streets of Asadabad city in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 19. The Soldiers were conducting missions in support of the Afghan national security force’s efforts to ensure stability the day before the Afghan presidential election.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, provide security while on a patrol through the streets of Asadabad city in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 19. The Soldiers were patrolling in an effort to ensure stability the day before the Afghan presidential election.

An Afghan national police officer points out the direction of recent rocket attacks for U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Dan Jendrich, the personal security detail platoon leader with 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Aug. 20. International Security Assistance Forces assisted Afghan national security forces during the elections by providing a quick reaction force.