Where Ya Headed? (6975841585)

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill, a 25-year-old corpsman with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment battalion aid station, and native of Englewood, Fla., checks the compass reading of Afghan National Army Pvt. Faraidoon, a medic assigned to 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, while testing his navigation skills during the final examination of an eight-week ANA medic course at Forward Operating Base Delhi, Afghanistan, March 9. Among the variety of medic courses conducted in Helmand province in the past, this course led by corpsmen with ‘America’s Battalion’ was the first for ANA soldiers in Garmsir district.The curriculum for the course was designed to be “hands-on” in response to low literacy and proficiency rates among ANA medics, said Navy Lt. Sean Stuart, the 3/3 battalion surgeon, and a native of Atlanta.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder)