LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, July 14, 2009 – Joint operations have become a key term for U.S. and Afghan forces, particularly for soldiers assigned to the Cherokee Troop, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, here. U.S. soldiers from Cherokee Troop, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, and Afghan National Army soldiers near the end of a two-day patrol into the western Kherwar district of Afghanistan’s Logar province, July 2, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jaime' D. DeLeon (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The soldiers patrol local villages nearly every day, typically with Afghan security forces by their side. “Seventy percent of...