U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Reginald L. Cole

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Reginald L. Cole (left)and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael B. Peterson, both assigned to Police Advisory Team 5 (PAT-5), 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, share a moment of levity while waiting to leave for an operation on Combat Outpost Now Zad, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 30, 2012. Cole and Peterson, from Seattle and Bellingham, Wash., respectively, both deployed with PAT-5 to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alejandro Pena/Released)