Spc. Robert Patterson, 21, of Walla Walla, Wash., a medic with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment reaches for an IV bag while treating soldiers for dehydration after a gun battle with Taliban fighters near the village of Zangabad in Panjwayi district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. April 27, 2009. DREW BROWN/STARS AND STRIPES