 Recently, during Operation Shimali-Kamerban, Staff Sergeant Michael Mankuso worked with Danish and British troops to assist Afghan forces in the clearing of routes and compounds in the District of Nari-Saraj, Helmand Province. Mankuso, a Philadelphia native, has served on previous deployments to Iraq as a forward observer. Now deployed to Afghanistan with 5th Anglico, Mankuso serves as a JTAC who can attach to multiple units. It stands for Joint Terminal Attack Controller. As the service members from various units progress through the region alongside their Afghan counterparts, anticipation of the cold days to come left some uncertain of how the operation would progress. So the days are going to be longer, I think as we travel further down, then we're going to come across a lot more IEDs, maybe a bit of small arms. Reporting from Nari-Saraj District, Helmand Province, I'm Corporal Timothy Solano.