A Canadian soldier covers his ears as Staff Sgt. Aaron Kim, 28, of Scottsdale, Ariz., a soldier with Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, fires an anti-tank rocket at a spot where Taliban fighters are believed to be hiding on a mountainside near the village of Ashoque, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Dec. 3, 2009. DREW BROWN/STARS AND STRIPES