(c) Roger Leo

Spc. Stephen C. Fraim, 20, of Sheridan, Ark., a soldier in the COLT Platoon of Dawg/HHC Co., 1-8 Cav., mans an M240 machine gun atop his Humvee while other members of his squad are out of the truck. The gunner ... who can have the M240, or a 50-calibre machine gun, or a Mark 19 grenade launcher ... always stays in place when soldiers leave the heavily armored vehicles. An Apache attack helicopter flies overhead.