Sgt. Vaeoso Auvae, a native of American Samoa, and

Sgt. Vaeoso Auvae, a native of American Samoa, and a squad leader for the 92nd Engineer Battalion “Black Diamonds,” attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, holds his little girl and lets her wear his hat while he waits in line to draw his weapon from the unit's arms room late-night early February. He is drawing his weapon because the battalion is deploying this night to Afghanistan for nine months in order to help the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan by reducing the Army’s structural footprint there. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Wrigley, 2nd BCT, 3rd Infantry Division, Public Affairs)