Two soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, pull security while the soldiers of Weapons Company, 3rd Kandak, 201st Corps, Afghan National Army move toward the village of Salar in Afghanistan’s Wardak province, during Operation Assaly II July 24, 2012. “Operation Assaly II is focused clearing patrols with the ANA going into villages and searching specific houses that could be associated with the Taliban,” said U.S. Army Capt. Colin Layne, commander of Battle Co. and a native of Albuquerque, N.M. During the operation, elements of the 3rd, 4th and Weapons Companies, 3rd Kandak, 201st Corps, ANA, led the patrols from start to finish.