U.S. Air Force Capt., Matthew Zahler, and Major Jason Helton, air mobility liaison officer, uses a translator to talk to Afghan border police about the best location to establish a drop zone near their remote compound in southern afghanistan. Capt. Zahler relies on local knowledge of the area in order to avoid establishing the drop zone on old mine fields and areas used by Taliban fighters. U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen