Angola, N.Y., resident Lt. Col. Russell Clark (middle), his interpreter (left) and Afghan National Police officers (right) watch as explosive ordnance disposal personnel destroy improvised explosive devices the ANP found in Afghanistan's Dand district, south of Kandahar, last April. Clark and other New York Army National Guard soldiers are mentoring the ANP, who have found countless IEDs before they could be used in terrorist attacks. (Photo by Lt. Col. Russell Clark, New York Army National Guard)