U.S. Soldiers serving with Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktika, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Division, Task Force Black Lion, get ready for Operation Gaboon Viper, in Sarobi district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Dec. 30, 2011. The objective of the operation was to meet and greet Afghan tribe leaders and to deny insurgents freedom of movement in the area.