Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktika security force

Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktika security force platoon leader U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Ian O'Neill ensures that members of the PRT arrive safely during a mission at the provincial governor's compound in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. O'Neill, a Manhasset, N.Y., native, is a West Point Military Academy graduate on his first deployment. Security force soldiers such as O'Neill are an integral part of the PRT's mission in Afghanistan, ensuring the safety of the PRT members to conduct reconstruction missions. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)