U.S. Army Capt. Lou Cascino, left, pulls security while Staff Sgt. Eric Stephens, center, and 1st Lt. James Kromhout verify their position during a partnered patrol in the village of Madi Khel in the Khowst Province of Afghanistan on Oct. 20, 2013. The soldiers are conducting a partnered operation with the newly formed Khowst Provincial Response Company. The operation is being used to validate the training that the Khwost PRC recently received and ensure that illegal weapons were not being stored in historical weapons cache points.