U.S. Army Pfc. Ben Bradley, left, ducks away from small-arms fire as fellow scout Sgt. Jeff Sheppard launches a grenade at the enemy's position during a combat engagement in northern Bala Murghab valley in Afghanistan's Baghdis province, April 4, 2011.

Bradley is a scout assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace