A member of a U.S. Marine honor guard folds a flag at the burial service for Marine Lance Cpl. Joe Jackson, Wednesday, May 4, 2011, in Yakima, Washington. Jackson, 22, of White Swan, Washington, died on April 24 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. #

A Blackhawk helicopter attached to Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment flies over Kandahar Province in volatile southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 4, 2011. #

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. James Weber assists Staff Sgt. Amber Goedde in donning a bomb suit, during an operations check to maintain proper functionality of the suit at Forward Operating Base Azizullah, Afghanistan, May 6, 2011. Weber is an explosive ordnance disposal technician deployed from the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, and Goedde is an EOD technician deployed from the 23rd Civil Engineer Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. #

US Marine Corporal Merlin Schuster from Combat Operation Patrol (COP) Bandini of 2nd Batallion 8 Marine (2/8) Weapons Company 81's Platoon opens fire during an insurgent attack on their base in Sistani, Helmand Province, on May 12, 2011. #

An Afghan man photographs the wreckage of a motorcycle used by a suicide attacker in Qarghayi, Laghman province east of Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, May 9, 2011. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up in front of a compound belonging to Saleh Mohammad Niazi, the chief of the Qarghayi district. Niazi said people were killed in the blast and others wounded -- including two police officers. The bomber was targeting a NATO convoy. #

U.S. Marines Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft land in Zaranj, Afghanistan, to pick up British Army Brig. Nicholas Welch, the deputy commander of Regional Command Southwest, May 10, 2011. Welch traveled from Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, with British and American service members to perform a district deep-dive, a forum to explain in-depth information in each district the U.S. Marines represent, and collaborate with Afghan National leaders to discuss progress and problems in the Nimroz province. #

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Wahl, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264, airframe mechanic, participates in performing a foreign object debris (FOD) walk, at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2011. #

From left, Haz Mohammad, Samim, and Osman pose for portraits as the boys attend a Quran study session at the Islami Noor religious school, on May 12, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Despite recent multiple attacks near the city's downtown, children continue their studies at the school. #

An Afghan police officer secures a transportation headquarters that was besieged for two days last weekend, on May 14, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers unleashed a major assault May 7, 2011 on locations in Kandahar that included the governor's compound, the mayor's office, police stations, and an intelligence agency headquarters. #

A member of the Afghan Customs Police and his U.S. mentor display a target used in marksmanship training at Forward Operating Base Walton, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 20, 2011. #

Afghan poppy farmer, Zareen (left) stands in his poppy field with son Azim, 8, in Faizabad, Badakshan, Afghanistan, on May 25, 2011. Local authorities in Badakshan use a tractor to destroy cabbage size poppy plants at their early stages as to lessen the burden on the farmer. According to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) the cultivation of poppies in the Badakshan region has more than doubled this season. Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since U.S. occupation started in 2001, and more land is now used for opium in Afghanistan than for coca cultivation in Latin America. In 2007, 92% of the opiates on the world market originated in Afghanistan, reportedly amounting to an export value of about $4 billion, with a quarter being earned by opium farmers and the rest going to district officials, insurgents, warlords, and drug traffickers. #

Lydia Soren, mother of Marine Lance Cpl. Joe Jackson, cries as she holds one of the flags that draped Jackson's casket, on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at Jackson's burial service in Yakima, Washington. Jackson, 22, of White Swan, Washington, died on April 24, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. #

U.S. Army Sgt. Misha Pemble-Belkin, an infantry team leader with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, stands under a camouflage net at Observation Post Coleman outside Combat Outpost Monti, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, May 5, 2011. Pemble-Belkin, who is on his second combat tour, was featured in the 2010 documentary film Restrepo. #

Major Jason Kettwig of Milbank, South Dakota, holds his son Ty, 4 and daughter, Jocelyn, 2, at a homecoming ceremony for the South Dakota Army National Guard's 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade at the Augustana College Elmen center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Tuesday, on May 3, 2011. The group of approximately 200 soldiers has been serving in Afghanistan for the past year. #

A United States Marine Cobra attack helicopter fires diversionary flares as it flies near Forward Operating Base Edi in Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, on Sunday, May 8, 2011. #

U.S. Army flight medic Sgt. Jaime Adame rushes into the dust out of a medevac helicopter from the U.S. Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment looking for wounded Marines at a landing zone that was under insurgent attack north of Sangin, southern Afghanistan, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. #

United States Marine LCPL Jerome Hanley of Massachusetts, who was wounded in an insurgent attack, is loaded on a medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment at a "hot" landing zone that was under fire north of Sangin, southern Afghanistan, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. #

An Afghan border policeman fires at Taliban fighters, hidden in the Traffic Department building with smoke rising from its rooftop in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Sunday, May 8, 2011. The Taliban unleashed a major assault Saturday on government buildings throughout Afghanistan's main southern city, an attack that cast doubt on how successful the U.S.-led coalition has been in its nearly yearlong military campaign to establish security and stability in the former Taliban stronghold. #

Kiki Harris of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, visits the grave of her twin brother, Navy Seal Joshua Thomas Harris, who died serving in Afghanistan in 2008, as American flags on each headstone at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day, in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday, May 26, 2011. #

Two special forces soldiers embrace as a C-130 carrying the body of Sergeant Brett Wood, departs Tarin Kot Airfield, Saturday, May 28, 2011, in Uruzgan, Afghanistan. The Australian commando was killed in action Monday during a partnered Special Operations Task Group and Afghan National Police mission. #

A Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 CH-53E Super Stallion transports a damaged Canadian Forces CH-47 Chinook during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel mission in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on May 17, 2011. #

In a long-exposure photograph, trails are left by flying insects buzzing around a light in front of a satellite dish at Jalalabad Air Field in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on May 3, 2011. #

Afghan shepherd Asadullah Daad Mohammad, 12, sleeps on his bed at the International Committee of the Red Cross Orthopedic Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 10, 2011. Asadullah lost his legs, left eye and a finger, most likely after he stepped on a land mine while he was out with his goats and sheep in a Paktya province south of Kabul about five months ago. #

A detainee with blindfold and handcuffs, arrested after an early morning operation by US Marine from 3rd Battalion 9th Marines Kodiak Company, sits on the ground at Block 9 military camp of Marjah district in Helmand Province, on May 23, 2011. US Marines arrested 12 suspects during an operation on May 23 in Shinghazak area, south of Marjah district in southern Helmand province. #

An A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, returns to mission after being refueled in the skies of Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, on May 12, 2011. #

Marine Lance Cpl. Brandon Long, who was injured while serving in Afghanistan, mourns at Arlington National Cemetery as American flags are placed in front of each headstone in preparation for Memorial Day, in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday, May 26, 2011. #

A US Marine stands in a tent as smoke and dust rise from a controlled explosion near the US military base Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, on May 29, 2011. #

A man who was injured in a Taliban attack is treated in Mirvays Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 11, 2011. After the start of their annual spring offensive across the country, hundreds of Taliban militants have begun to try and overrun several security posts meeting heavy defense from Afghan security forces. #

An Afghani farmer suddenly raises his hands as he looks at US Marine Lance Corporal Michael Horne from Combat Operation Patrol (COP) Bandini of 2nd Marine 8 Battalion (2/8) Weapons Company 81's Platoon searches for insurgents in Sistani, Helmand Province, on May 7, 2011. #

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Dana Atkins presents David Brodeur Jr, 4, military commendations for his slain father, Maj. David Brodeur, at a graveside service at the Air Force Academy on May 17, 2011 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The 34-year-old U.S. fighter pilot was serving as a NATO trainer in Afghanistan when he and 8 other Americans were shot and killed by an Afghan Air Force cadet April 27 at the Kabul International Airport. #