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Afghan Local Police candidates serve food to elders

Afghan Local Police candidates serve food to elders during a shura being held in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 19, 2013. The shura was held to decide who would command the ALP in the area. Afghan Local P... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the Regimental

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the Regimental Combat Team 5 sergeant major, prepares to take a bite of the birthday cake during a ceremony held in celebration of the 5th Marine Regiment’s 95th birthday her... More

Regional Support Command (Southwest) [RSC (SW)] conducts

Regional Support Command (Southwest) [RSC (SW)] conducts a change of command ceremony on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 1, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps Col. Frank Arnold relinquished command o... More

Secretary of the Navy Raymond E. Mabus Jr. speaks with

Secretary of the Navy Raymond E. Mabus Jr. speaks with Marine Corps and Navy personnel, during an all-hands call held at International Security Assistance Force Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan Nov. 19, 2013.... More

Artwork: A poster depicting US Marine Corps (USMC) activities conducte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Hawaii State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MARFORPAC Scene Camera Operator:... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Lance Corporal (LCPL) James P. Douglas (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Blair A Mcclellan, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the Combined Anti-Armor Platoon, 3...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Lance Corporal (LCPL) Eric Taveras from ...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Corporal (CPL) Robert M. Wilges from the...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the Combined Anti-Armor Platoon, 3...

24th MEU OEF Deployment

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit inspect their Operation Enduring Freedom unit deployment cargo containers on the USNS Algol at the strategic seaport of Wilmington, NC, Feb. 2, 2008. The cargo wa... More

Sailor gives medical treatment to Deleram child

Hospital corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Louie Bismonte, assigned to 2nd Battalion 7th Marines, treats a local child in the city of Deleram. Based at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twenty Nine Palms, 2nd Batt... More

Hospital corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Louie Bismonte,

Hospital corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Louie Bismonte, assigned to 2nd Batallion 7th Marines, looks in on the students at the Deleram High School in Deleram, Afghanistan. Based at Marine Air Ground Combat Ce... More

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), fire 120 mm mortars on a combat outpost during Operation Gateway III Jan. 2, 2009, in the Farah province of Afghanistan. 3/8 is the ground combat el... More

A U.S. Marine with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd

A U.S. Marine with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan provides security during a patrol in support of Operation Eastern Resolve in Helmand province, Afgha... More

Operating Base Sher, Afghanistan

U.S. Marines and Soldiers, including Army Maj. Gen. John MacDonald and Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, the commanding general of Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan (MEB-A), head toward a Marine C... More

Estonian soldiers listen to remarks from a fellow officer

Estonian soldiers listen to remarks from a fellow officer during a ceremony commemorating their completion of the first tier in the U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, ... More

US state senators visit Camp Leatherneck

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, center right, the commanding general of Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, speaks to U.S. state senators after their arrival at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan... More

Certificates of commendation presented to British Operational Maneuver...

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, third from right, the commanding general of Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, and Sgt. Maj. Ernest Hoopii, second from right, present certificates of commen... More

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, left

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, left foreground, the commanding general of Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, addresses members of the British Operational Maneuver Liaison Team Sept. 11, 20... More

Marine gives candy to Afghan children

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Derek McVay, right, a platoon commander with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, gives candy to Afghan child... More

Afghan National Army (ANA) Brig. Gen. Ghari Mohaidain,

Afghan National Army (ANA) Brig. Gen. Ghari Mohaidain, center, the commander of the ANA 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps, speaks with U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, left, the commanding general of Marine... More

Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan

A U.S. Marine, center, with Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan and an Afghan police officer escort the Khan Neshin district governor toward Forward Operating Base Khan Neshin after the grand opening of a ... More

Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan area of operations tour

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Ronald Baczkowski, the deputy commander of Marine Corps Forces Central Command, and members of his party board a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afgh... More

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers carry a casket

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers carry a casket toward an aircraft at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2009. ANA soldiers and U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan particip... More

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, front left, the

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, front left, the commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command, takes a tour of Forward Operating Base Nawa with Marines and Sailors assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regime... More

Navy's 234th birthday celebration at Camp Leatherneck

U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis, center, the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, talks with Sailors assigned to the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan duri... More

Meeting at Camp Shorabak

Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Mohiadain Ghori, standing center, speaks to U.S. military officers, Afghan National Police officers and Afghan military and civil officials during a meeting at Camp Shorabak, Hel... More

Sen. John Kerry visit to Afghanistan

U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, at lectern, speaks during a news conference and meeting with Afghan tribal and religious leaders in Garmsir, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 18, 2009. Kerry, accompani... More

Royal Marines Brig. David Hook, seated at table top

Royal Marines Brig. David Hook, seated at table top right, the deputy commander of the International Security Assistance Force Regional Command South, meets with U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, st... More

British Army Gen. John McColl, left, the deputy Supreme

British Army Gen. John McColl, left, the deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, exits the Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan (MEB-A) command center with U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry D. Nicholson, t... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard Mills (center),

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard Mills (center), commanding general 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Forward (I MEF (Fwd), and Brig. Gen. Malouk Zazay (right), Commanding Officer Afghan National Army 215th Cor... More

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet prepares for takeoff

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet prepares for takeoff Aug. 30, 2010. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter assigned

U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gets fuel by a local Pakistan Army member during pre-flight operations in support of flood relief efforts on Sept. 5... More

Hundreds of Pakistan locals ride the walls looking

Hundreds of Pakistan locals ride the walls looking at the supplies brought in from a U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit during a flood relief mission in... More

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, stand at parade rest during a memorial ceremony aboard Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2010. Th... More

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 352nd VMGR, is on loaded with pallets of flour for transport to Gilgit Air Base, Pakistan on Sept. 8, 2010. The 352nd VMGR has been in Pakista... More

U.S. service members prepare themselves to honor a

U.S. service members prepare themselves to honor a fallen comrade at Bagram Air Force Base, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2010.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields,

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields, special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction, meets with Laghman Gov. Mohammed Iqbal Azizi at the governor's compound in Mehtar Lam in eastern Afgh... More

Weapons qualification, Afghanistan

An Afghan National Police student loads a magazine into his AK-47 at the range while his instructor, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. George Phillips, Team 2, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, II Marine Expedition... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Travys Keto, a C-17

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Travys Keto, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, goes over pre-flight checks to his aircraft prior to a U.S. Marine Corps M1A1... More

1st Marine Logistics Group at FOB-Jackson

Hospital corpsmen assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and 1st Marine Logistics Group render medical assistance to an Afghan National Army soldier at Forward Operating Base Jackson. The battalion is o... More

Cpl. Noah Berry, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion,

Cpl. Noah Berry, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, is greeted by fellow 3/3 Marines and sailors following his return to Marine Corps Base Hawaii from a seven-month deployment to Afghanista... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 1st Battalion, 8th

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2 salute with members of the Afghan National Security Forces as taps is played during a memorial service for Lance Cp... More

Staff Sgt. Garrett Cheatum (front) shakes hands with

Staff Sgt. Garrett Cheatum (front) shakes hands with Marines of 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, after being promoted to staff sergeant April 2. The Niceville, Fla., native is an Explosive Ordnance Disposal... More

Georgian Maj. Zaza Tsamalashvili, battalion commander

Georgian Maj. Zaza Tsamalashvili, battalion commander of the 33rd Light Infantry Battalion, is presented his battalions colors by the Georgian 3rd Infantry Brigade commander during the battalion's deployment ce... More

Lance Cpl. Christopher Lynam, an intelligence clerk

Lance Cpl. Christopher Lynam, an intelligence clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, holds his daughter at the Marine Corps Exchange Annex parking lot on Marine Corps B... More

CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of

CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Mullah Mehrdil, left, a mullah from Lash Kar-Gah, leads the room of Afghan National Army soldiers in a final prayer as part of the Voices of Relig... More

Cpl. Antonio Tellez, an administrative clerk with

Cpl. Antonio Tellez, an administrative clerk with Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, holds his 3-month-old son before departing Marine Corps Base Hawaii on a seven-month deployment to Af... More

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., commanding general,

Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to Marines and sailors from 3rd Marine Regiment during his visit to Marine Corps Base Hawaii with Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. F... More

Marines and Afghan instructors at the Joint Security

Marines and Afghan instructors at the Joint Security Academy Southwest training compound on Camp Leatherneck, in Helmand provice, Afghanistan, participate in tug-of-war competition during a field meet, April 29... More

Marines and Bahraini Special Security Forces share

Marines and Bahraini Special Security Forces share a homemade meal during a celebration for BSSF 1st Lt. Duaij Aljalahma's promotion at Camp Safra on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 7. The meal was followed ... More

MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Islamic Republic

MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan -- Marines with 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment and Afghan National Army soldiers conduct a census patrol here, May 20, 2011. The Marines wi... More

GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan --

GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan -- The head of Afghanistan's National Department of Security, Mir Hamsar, speaks to local citizens about the voting process, June 17, at the Hazar Joft District C... More

PATROL BASE MEHRAJ, Helmand province, Afghanistan -

PATROL BASE MEHRAJ, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, patrol toward Observation Post Padlek. The Marines built the post with their combat shovels an... More

Willimasport, Ind., native Sgt. Thomas Marshall is

Willimasport, Ind., native Sgt. Thomas Marshall is a light armored vehicle mechanic with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division (Forward). He followed in his parents’ footsteps to becom... More

Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Helmand province,

Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Cpl. Nicholas Lavery (left) of Akron, Ohio, refuels dozens of fuel cans during a convoy mission. He and the two other fuel drivers with the logi... More

PATROL BASE MEIS, Helmand province, Afghanistan --

PATROL BASE MEIS, Helmand province, Afghanistan -- Endicott, N.Y., native Lance Cpl. Zachary Reardon, a rifleman with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, poses for a photo and jokes with the Marines... More

COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Helmand province, Afghanistan

COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Helmand province, Afghanistan -- Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division (Forward), work on a tank part which allows the main gun to fully traverse. The ... More

SHUKVANI, Helmand province, Afghanistan - An explosion

SHUKVANI, Helmand province, Afghanistan - An explosion rocks the ground in the Ladar Bazaar after a line charge is detonated. Second Combat Engineer Battalion leveled the marketplace to clear it of Improvised E... More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell, the top enlisted

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell, the top enlisted advisor for ISAF Joint Command, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Boom, senior enlisted advisor for the 172nd Infantry Brigade, Task Force Black Hawk, and 1st ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Roger Turner, Regimental Combat

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Roger Turner, Regimental Combat Team 5 commanding officer, and Sgt. Maj. Ernest Hoopii, RCT-5 sergeant major, during the transfer of authority ceremony here Aug. 28. Since transitioning w... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Daniel Schmitt, the battalion

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Daniel Schmitt, the battalion commander of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, watches as Gen. James Amos, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, leaves Camp Ha... More

A hospital corpsman assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion,

A hospital corpsman assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, provides security in Shir Ghazay, Afghanistan. The Marines patrolled the bazaar to meet Afghans in the area. (... More

Afghan Local Police recruits practice basic the technique

Afghan Local Police recruits practice basic the technique of entering a building at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Nawa district, Afghanistan, on Sept. 16, 2011. The training will enable the ALP recruits to l... More

An Afghan Local Police (ALP) recruit practices patrolling

An Afghan Local Police (ALP) recruit practices patrolling tactics at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Nawa district, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2011. The training will enable the ALP recruits to learn the basics of... More

An Afghan Uniformed Policeman (AUP) pumps water from

An Afghan Uniformed Policeman (AUP) pumps water from a well at AUP precinct Loy-Kulay, Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2011. The AUP have taken a lead role in providing security for the ... More

Nawa district governor Abdul Manaf speaks to school

Nawa district governor Abdul Manaf speaks to school teachers in Nawa district, Afghanistan, on Sept. 20, 2011. The district governor of Nawa and U.S Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marines Regiment walked throu... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos (left)

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos (left) walks with Lt. Col. Tyler Zagurski (right), commanding officer, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines at Forward Operating Base Geronimo in Nawa district, Helmand p... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Robert Laulualo with Headquarters

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Robert Laulualo with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, receives ammo for the battle sight zero range aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghani... More

Nawa district governor Abdul Manaf speaks to Afghan

Nawa district governor Abdul Manaf speaks to Afghan Local Police (ALP) graduates during their graduating ceremony at Forward Operating Base Geronimo in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Sept. 27,... More

Neil Altomare scans the countryside of Sangin Valley

Neil Altomare scans the countryside of Sangin Valley in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, looking for a safe route back to his patrol base during his 2011 deployment. Altomare now works as a technologist at Sandia... More

Lansdale, Pa. native and Marine OEF veteran continues to honorably ser...

Marine Corps Maj. William Herron, communications officer at MCSCG , leads Gunnery Sgt. Dawn Edwards through the “Oath of Enlistment” during a re-enlistment ceremony, Oct. 11. Edwards is a native of Lansdale, Pa... More

Los Angeles native and Marine OEF and OIF veteran is promoted to staff...

Sout Central Los Angeles native, Staff Sgt. Tomas was pinned on to the his current rank by Capt. Scott Benninghoff, logistics officer, and Master Sgt. Michael Parker, logistics chief at Marine Corps Security Co... More

U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Terry L. McElwain with 2nd

U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Terry L. McElwain with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 8 carries cans of ammunition to the firing line at a training range in Musa Qala, Afghanistan Oct, 27 2... More

Marines and sailors with Headquarters and Service Company,

Marines and sailors with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, sit aboard an Air Force C-17 transport aircraft on the flight line here, before departing for Camp Dwyer, Afghanist... More

Hammond, Ind., native and Marine OEF & OIF veteran is promoted to majo...

Hammond, Ind., native, Maj. Scott M. C. Benninghoff was pinned on to his present rank by Master Sgt. Michael S. Parker, logistics chief at MCSCG and his spouse Rebekah Benninghoff who is originally from Appleto... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Dwight D. Jones, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Dwight D. Jones, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment sergeant major from Detroit, and a formation of Marines and sailors from 1/3 and 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, watch the Commandan... More

A member of the Afghan National Police searches a local

A member of the Afghan National Police searches a local elder as he enters the district center here for the funeral of District Chief of Police Lt. Col. Sayfullah Khan Rashidi, Nov. 13. Sayfullah died when his ... More

U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. Wesley Misenhimer, the Headquarters

U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. Wesley Misenhimer, the Headquarters and Service Company first sergeant for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment from Castro Valley, Calif., calls off the names of Marines killed during combat... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Joshua Melendez, 26, a squad leader

U.S. Marine Cpl. Joshua Melendez, 26, a squad leader with Guard Force Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a native of Anaheim, Calif., walks past the Garmsir distr... More

Lt. Col. Sean Riordan, the commanding officer of 1st

Lt. Col. Sean Riordan, the commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, encourages Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, to devote themselves to bettering Garmsir during a relief in plac... More

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Terry L. McElwain with

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Terry L. McElwain with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment (2/4), Regimental Combat Team 8 speaks during a squad leader symposium in Musa Qal'eh, Afghanistan Nov. 18, 2011. 2/4 con... More

U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Mesnard, a 22-year-old corpsman

U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Mesnard, a 22-year-old corpsman with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, from Omaha, Neb., peers through the scratched lenses of an oxygen-restricting tr... More

A U.S. Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler sits on the flightline

A U.S. Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler sits on the flightline awaiting a mission at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on Nov. 19. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., and falls under th... More

Afghan elders and U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion,

Afghan elders and U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, wait for a shura to begin at a local residence here, Nov. 22. Following their recent assumption of security responsibility in Garmsir, the... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Isaiah Schult, a dog handler

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Isaiah Schult, a dog handler with Jump Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old Indianapolis native, jokes with Afghan children while... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Adam Schoeller, a helicopter crew

U.S. Marine Cpl. Adam Schoeller, a helicopter crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, mans a machine gun from the ramp of a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter while transporting Marines from 3rd Batt... More

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert J. Powell, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert J. Powell, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment Police Advisory Team staff non-commissioned officer in charge and native of Watertown, N.Y., assesses a target with an Afghan Local Po... More

U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th

U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 8 receive a brief before Operation Western Gambit on Combat Outpost Shir Ghazay, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2011. The operat... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Hagan, a 23-year-old team

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Hagan, a 23-year-old team leader with Guard Force Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Philadelphia, relays a message to his squad leader during a security patr... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett Reed, a 22-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett Reed, a 22-year-old squad automatic weapon gunner with the 81 mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Plano, Texas, and Afghan Nation... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus Oliver, a 20-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus Oliver, a 20-year-old mortarman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Sacramento, waves a red flag signaling for a passing motorcycle to stop at a ... More

Sayed Gul stands with his father Alai Noor after talking

Sayed Gul stands with his father Alai Noor after talking to U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during their visit to the Baluch Jan village here, Dec. 2. Gul, the 15-year-old... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jon Lyman, a 21-year-old mortarman

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jon Lyman, a 21-year-old mortarman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and native of Oregon City, Ore., hands a piece of candy to an Afghan child during a security pa... More

Afghan students participate in a video teleconference

Afghan students participate in a video teleconference with students from Lejeune High School on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., at the Garmsir Agricultural High School here, Dec. 8. The VTC, the second of... More

Marines hold security down an alley way in a hostile

Marines hold security down an alley way in a hostile village in the Now Zad District, Nov. 27. The Marines were clearing the village of insurgent forces as part of Operation Western Gambit.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Matt Garst, a 23-year-old squad leader

U.S. Marine Sgt. Matt Garst, a 23-year-old squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and native of Charlotte, N.C., pauses during a security patrol here, Dec. 12, along the... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Aaron Sarinana (left), from El Paso,

U.S. Marine Sgt. Aaron Sarinana (left), from El Paso, Texas, and Cpl. Exxon Suarez, from Portland, Ore., food service specialists with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment serve ... More

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