U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Sheppard (rear) and soldiers from the Afghan National Army use donkeys to transport air-dropped supplies back to their patrol base in Lwar Kowndalan, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2005. Sheppard is assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mike Pryor