Playful Afghan girls run to hide as U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas C. Parks, a forward observer from Campbell, Calif., assigned to Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Raider, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, provides security during a village patrol in Rodat District in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, July 18. The patrol visited three different businesses to notify the shop owners they had been approved for a small-business grant.