Firefight in the Waterpur Valley - Afghanistan 2009

U.S. Army Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, watch the surrounding hills for insurgents, while fellow Co. C Soldiers race to their position, dodging heavy sniper fire, during a three-hour gun battle with insurgent forces in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3, 2009. The 4th Infantry Division Soldiers have been battling insurgent forces in the Waterpur valley since arriving in Afghanistan last June. Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller