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Home NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – During a firefight with insurgents in the Shal Valley in eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan Province, U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Schmidt checks on his Soldiers from his fighting position on top of a mountain, Nov. 8th. “My grandfather was in the Merchant Marines and he’s really proud of me,” said Schmidt. “He’s really into what I’m doing here.” (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – During a firefight with insurgents in the Shal Valley in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan Province, U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Schmidt checks on his Soldiers from his fighting position on top of a mountain, Nov. 8th. “My grandfather was in the Merchant Marines and he’s really proud of me,” said Schmidt. “He’s really into what I’m doing here.” (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – During a firefight with insurgents in the Shal Valley in eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan Province, U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Schmidt checks on his Soldiers from his fighting position on top of a mountain, Nov. 8th. “My grandfather was in the Merchant Marines and he’s really proud of me,” said Schmidt. “He’s really into what I’m doing here.” (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – During a firefight with insurgents in the Shal Valley in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan Province, U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Schmidt checks on his Soldiers from his fighting position on top of a mountain, Nov. 8th. “My grandfather was in the Merchant Marines and he’s really proud of me,” said Schmidt. “He’s really into what I’m doing here.” (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – During a firefight with insurgents in the Shal Valley in eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan Province, U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Schmidt checks on his Soldiers from his fighting position on top of a mountain, Nov. 8th. “My grandfather was in the Merchant Marines and he’s really proud of me,” said Schmidt. “He’s really into what I’m doing here.” (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Schmidt, Task Force No Slack, waits for an air assault mission to begin by the dying light of a flare at Forward Operating Base Joyce in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province, Nov. 7th. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)