U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class. Henriques Ventura, of Colorado Springs, Colo., races across an open field as sniper fire rains down around him, during a three-hour firefight with insurgent forces in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur Valley, Nov. 3. Ventura is a platoon sergeant with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. The Fort Carson, Colo., deployed to Afghanistan last June, and has been providing security and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people.