We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 2, 2012

Tue Oct. 2, 2012 7:46 AM PDT

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Bates, a security force squad leader with Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, pulls security at a landing zone as his team loads a tactical vehicle into the cargo bay of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Pur Chaman district, Farah province, Afghanistan on Sept. 26. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Jonathan Lovelady.

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