Spc. Jered Nelson, Sgt. Guillermo Garcia and Spc. David Schank take cover behind a berm.
U.S. Army Spc. Jered Nelson, Sgt. Guillermo Garcia and Spc. David Schank, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, take cover behind a berm as they engage in a small arms firefight with insurgents during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 17, 2010.