U.S. Army soldiers watch the surrounding hills for insurgents.
U.S. Army soldiers, from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, watch the surrounding hills for insurgents while fellow U.S. soldiers, of Charlie Company, race to their positions dodging heavy sniper fire during a three-hour gun battle with insurgent forces at Waterpur Valley, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 3, 2009.