A soldier with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, fires his assault rifle during a gun battle with insurgent forces in Afghanistan on July 12, 2009. President Obama will visit Fort Drum, NY - the 10th Mountain Division's home - Thursday after announcing a plan Wednesday night to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/HO/US COALITION FORCES/MATTHEW C. MOELLER (AFP/Getty Images, MATTHEW C. MOELLER)
A soldier with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain...
FILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (Charles Dharapak / AP)
FILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama...
An Afghan girl looks on at unseen US soldiers from first Batallion, 32nd infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain division on patrol in Lahodag Kunar on December 10, 2009. The US general who masterminded a troop surge in Iraq said December 9 that Afghanistan was "no more hopeless" than Iraq before the 2007 campaign there. General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command, drew the comparison days after President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan in a move partly modeled on the surge in Iraq. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA (AFP/Getty Images, TAUSEEF MUSTAFA)
An Afghan girl looks on at unseen US soldiers from first Batallion,...
Soldiers from first Batallion,32nd infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade,10th Mountain division looks through their scopes towards enemy position near Shigal village in Kunar province eastern Afghanistan on December 7, 2009. A convoy heading to the village to talk to elders came under attack from small arms fire and rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launchers. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA
Soldiers from first Batallion,32nd infantry Regiment 3rd...
A soldiers from first Batallion,32nd infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade,10th Mountain division looks through a scope towards enemy position near Shigal village in Kunar province eastern Afghanistan on December 7, 2009. A convoy heading to the village to talk to elders came under attack from small arms fire and rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launchers. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA
A soldiers from first Batallion,32nd infantry Regiment 3rd...
A soldier from first Batallion, 32nd infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade,10th Mountain division looks through a scope towards enemy position near Shigal village in Kunar province eastern Afghanistan on December 7, 2009. A convoy heading to the village to talk to elders came under attack from small arms fire and rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launchers. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA
A soldier from first Batallion, 32nd infantry Regiment 3rd...
Soldiers listen as Vice President Joe Biden addresses the troops at Fort Drum on July 28, 2010. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Soldiers listen as Vice President Joe Biden addresses the troops at...
Vice President Joe Biden addresses the troops at Fort Drum in Fort Drum, NY, on July 28, 2010. The Vice President and his wife, Jill Biden, welcomed home the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, from Iraq. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Vice President Joe Biden addresses the troops at Fort Drum in Fort...
Jill Biden watches the uncasing of the colors before her husband, Vice President Joe Biden, addresses the troops at Fort Drum on July 28, 2010. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Jill Biden watches the uncasing of the colors before her husband,...
Vice President Joe Biden turns around to face those behind him after addressing the troops at Fort Drum on July 28, 2010. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Vice President Joe Biden turns around to face those behind him...
Sgt. James Blalack of Watertown gets a kiss from his wife, Milanie, as they wait for Vice President Joe Biden to speak at Fort Drum in Fort Drum. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Sgt. James Blalack of Watertown gets a kiss from his wife, Milanie,...
James Long of Pennsylvania talks to the press with his daughter Morgan, 1, and his wife, Barbara Long, at Fort Drum on July 28, 2010. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
James Long of Pennsylvania talks to the press with his daughter...
Sgt. Omar Hammoud enjoys a Tootsie Pop with Payton Young, 5, and Madisyn, 7, all of Fort Drum, while they wait for Vice President Joe Biden to speak at Fort Drum in Fort Drum, NY on July 28, 2010. The girls sre daughters of Staff Sgt. Brian Young, who was sitting a few seats away. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Sgt. Omar Hammoud enjoys a Tootsie Pop with Payton Young, 5, and...
Deputy Command Officer Mike Davey, of Peru, NY, holds his seven-year-old son Brandon with his wife, Lisa Davey, at his side as he waits for Vice President Joe Biden to speak at Fort Drum on July 28, 2010. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Deputy Command Officer Mike Davey, of Peru, NY, holds his...
Vice President Joe Biden addresses the troops at Fort Drum on July 28, 2010. The Vice President and his wife, Jill Biden, welcomed home the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, from Iraq. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Vice President Joe Biden addresses the troops at Fort Drum on July...
In this photo provided by ISAF Regional Command (South), House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio(C) walks with US Army Maj. Gen. James L. Terry, commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and commanding general, ISAF Regional Command (South), after his arrival at Kandahar Airfield, on April 20, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Boehner led a congressional delegation that met with members of the military, civilian agencies and Afghan officials to assess the ongoing military operations. (AFP PHOTO/US Navy/Haraz N. Ghanbari/RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
In this photo provided by ISAF Regional Command (South), House...
TOPSHOTS US Army Major Horrigan from first Batallion, 32nd Infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division plays with an Afghan child at a camp in eastern Khas Kunar on December 8, 2009. Afghan President Hamid Karzai told visiting US Defence Secretary Robert Gates that Afghanistan would need aid to fund its security forces for up to 20 more years, calling for a long-term US commitment. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOTS US Army Major Horrigan from first Batallion, 32nd Infantry...
TOPSHOTS US soldiers from First Batallion, 32nd Infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division patrol in Kunar on December 12, 2009. US President Barack Obama vowed December 10 that Afghanistan would not become a "permanent protectorate" of the United States as he defended his decision to begin withdrawing US forces in July 2011. In a December 1 speech announcing he would send 30,000 more US troops to the war, Obama named a date for a drawdown to begin but he has not stated a deadline for completion of the withdrawal. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA (AFP/Getty Images, TAUSEEF MUSTAFA)
TOPSHOTS US soldiers from First Batallion, 32nd Infantry Regiment...
US soldiers from first Batallion, 32nd infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain division fire from a vehicle towards enemy positions near Shigal village in Kunar province eastern Afghanistan on December 7, 2009. A convoy heading to the village to talk to elders came under attack from small arms fire and rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launchers. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA
US soldiers from first Batallion, 32nd infantry Regiment 3rd...
US soldiers from first Batallion, 32nd infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain division talk to elders at Shigal village in Kunar province eastern Afghanistan on December 7, 2009. A convoy heading to the village to talk to elders came under attack from small arms fire and rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launchers. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA
US soldiers from first Batallion, 32nd infantry Regiment 3rd...
US soldiers from first Batallion, 32nd infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain division talk to elders at Shigal village in Kunar province eastern Afghanistan on December 7, 2009. A convoy heading to the village to talk to elders came under attack from small arms fire and rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launchers. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA
US soldiers from first Batallion, 32nd infantry Regiment 3rd...
Soldiers from first Batallion,32nd infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade,10th Mountain division take cover near Shigal village in Kunar province eastern Afghanistan on December 7, 2009. A convoy heading to the village to talk to elders came under attack from small arms fire and rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launchers. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA
Soldiers from first Batallion,32nd infantry Regiment 3rd...
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