You would think, though, that they would at least alert the uniformed soldiers. But, you would be wrong.
When Spec. Nick Conlon and the other members of his infantry battalion learned they would be deployed to the Afghan province of Zabol this spring, many expected their worst enemy to be boredom. In preparation, Conlon stocked up on more than 20 DVDs, such as "Alien vs. Predator," "X-Men" and "Daredevil."[...]
[T]he men of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry, have had to drastically adjust their expectations.
"I thought the Taliban had fallen," Conlon marveled recently. "I thought this was going to be a peacekeeping mission."
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