bobdina
08-17-2009, 05:31 PM
03- picture of Marine Lance Cpl. Brigitte Ratzlaff exchanges greetings and names with an Afghan boy while patrolling Aug. 10 with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment as part of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Ratzlaff is part of a Female Engagement Team whose mission in Helmand province is to engage with local Afghan women.
04-picture of Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade blow open a gate to a compound during a raid Aug. 15 in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. Rocket-propelled grenades had been launched from the compound the day before by Taliban insurgents. The compound was found empty, but parts for making explosives were found and confiscated.
07-picture of A Marine with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade runs across a rooftop for more ammunition during a firefight against the Taliban in the village of Dahaneh on Aug. 14 in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.
08-Marines shoot mortars on Taliban positions in the mountains behind them after Taliban
mortars had hit just outside the walls of their forward operating base in Now Zad on Aug. 16 in Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade.
14-U.S. and French soldiers guard a truck that will transport materials and equipment to polling stations in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 17. Afghans will head to the polls Aug. 20 to elect a new president for the second time in the country's history.
04-picture of Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade blow open a gate to a compound during a raid Aug. 15 in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. Rocket-propelled grenades had been launched from the compound the day before by Taliban insurgents. The compound was found empty, but parts for making explosives were found and confiscated.
07-picture of A Marine with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade runs across a rooftop for more ammunition during a firefight against the Taliban in the village of Dahaneh on Aug. 14 in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.
08-Marines shoot mortars on Taliban positions in the mountains behind them after Taliban
mortars had hit just outside the walls of their forward operating base in Now Zad on Aug. 16 in Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade.
14-U.S. and French soldiers guard a truck that will transport materials and equipment to polling stations in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 17. Afghans will head to the polls Aug. 20 to elect a new president for the second time in the country's history.