Sgt. Ryan Mack, 25, from Defiance, Ohio, left, talks on the radio as Spc. Thomas Leuthold, 20, from Hills, Minn., takes aim, as members of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, face Taliban insurgents during a firefight Sunday in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.