U.S. Army soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), are greeted by local Afghan children during a patrol in Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 11, 2012. Afghan children often ask U.S. soldiers for water and pens they can use at school. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alex Kirk Amen, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)