U.S. Army Patrols Afghanistan’s Paktika Province

MATAKHAN, AFGHANISTAN – NOVEMBER 26: General Stanley A. McChrystal, Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, visits with soldiers from Blackfoot Company of the Army’s 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment on Thanksgiving November 26, 2009 in Matakhan, Afghanistan. McChrystal visited several of the 501st units in the Paktika Province during the holiday. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)