A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team scans for targets behind a Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifle while on patrol June 25, 2012, near Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. His unit deployed to southern Ghazni Province to help bring security to the economically vital Highway 1, which runs north-south through the province. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod, Task Force 1-82 PAO)