ADVANCE FOR PUBLICATION ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 3, AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province. Spc. Zachary Boyd of Fort Worth, Texas, left, was wearing "I love NY" boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members, at right, Spc. Cecil Montgomery of Many, La., and Jordan Custer of Spokan, Wash., center. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)