Close-up Battleland Diary, Feb. 04-10 Feb. 13, 2012 prev1 of 6next Max Whittaker / The New York Times / ReduxMembers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, on a mission in the Charbaran Valley, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, in this image shot Sept. 27, 2011, and released Feb. 5, 2012. Share Read Later TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.