We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 31, 2011

Wed Aug. 31, 2011 2:57 AM PDT

Staff Sgt. Frankie Berdecia of Alpha Company 2nd battalion 27th infantry (the Wolfhounds), operates a TOW missile system at Observation Post Mace in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province near the border with Pakistan on August 28, 2011. Photo by the US Army.

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