Ssg. Corey Lewis of Bozrah, Conn., (the gunner in the second car) of the US PRT in Mehtarlam, Laghman, Afghanistan, waves at Afghans while a convoy of Humvees drives through the villages, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. It was the PRT Mehtarlam's first mission after two of their comrades, Sgt. Merideth [cq] Howard of Waukesha, Wi., 52, and Ssg. Robert Paul of Hammond, Ind., have died of a suicide attack on Sept. 8 in Kabul.