A soldier assigned to 2nd Platoon, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), walks along a trail during a dismount patrol led by the Afghan Border Police aimed at disrupting insurgent activity in Tera Zeyi District, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, 2012. The mission consisted of interacting with the local population to gather information on possible anti-government activity along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton, TF 3/101 Public Affairs)