Private First Class Linton Carl Fendley, stands at the position of attention after graduating boot camp aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in 1917. Fendley served with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Reg More
A U.S. Marine color guard composed of Marines with Regimental Combat Teams 5 and 6, await the beginning of a transfer of authority ceremony here, July 5, 2012. Since their activation in 1917, 5th and 6th Marine More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Ryan McDowell, a 24-year-old rifleman from Kent, Ohio, moves toward a target during an air interdiction force mission here, Dec. 7. The AIF mission was conducted in support of an Afghan Border More
U.S. Marine Col. Roger Turner, commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team 5, greets Afghan National Army Col. Mohammad Sarwar Kushal, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps executive officer, during a commander’s conferenc More
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy Martinez, the Regimental Combat Team 5 Personal Security Detachment platoon commander, reenlists during a ceremony here, Jan. 14. Martinez, a 35-year-old native of Moorhead, Minn., More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jerod Byron Young, an electrician with Regimental Combat Team 5 and 21-year-old native of Atlanta, joined the Marine Corps to follow in the footsteps of his father, retired Master Gunnery More
U.S. Marine Cpl. Ross T. Gundlach, a dog handler with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and his trusted dog Casey, search a road for improvised explosive devices here, Jan 20. Always together while on patrol, More
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nanetta Good, an operations specialist with Commander, Destroyer Squadron 40 attached to Regimental Combat Team 5 and native of Crossett, Ark., poses for a photograph before he More
A local elder from Trek Nawa speaks during a shura here, Jan. 29. The shura coincided with a clearing operation conducted by Afghan National Army soldiers with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps as part of Operation Tage More
U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew T. Morrissey, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment commanding officer, speaks to Afghan Local Police recruits on their first day of training here, Feb. 4. The 59 Afghan recruits will More
U.S. Marines with Regimental Combat Team 5 watch Super Bowl XLVI between New England Patriots and New York Giants here, Feb. 6. The Marines and sailors of RCT-5 are halfway through a yearlong deployment to sout More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Shane Willis, the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Police Adviser Team chief instructor and native of Manchester, N.H., teaches a class on handcuffing procedures to Afghan Local Police recrui More
An Afghan National Army soldier with Military Police Tolay, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps collects information from local Afghans while his fellow soldiers search their vehicle during an air interdiction mission wit More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Shane Willis, a 28 year-old Manchester, N.H., native and the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Police Advisor Team chief instructor, teaches an Afghan Local Police recruit proper patrolling te More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jennifer Nadine May Elder, a logistics vehicle systems operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 and 20-year-old native of Rockwall, Texas, was naturalized as an American citizen dur More
U.S. Marines with Regimental Combat Team 5 salute the colors during a relief and appointment ceremony here, March 1. Sergeant Major Ernest Hoopii, a native of Maui, Hawaii, relinquished his position as the RCT- More
U.S. Marine Col. Roger Turner (left), the Regimental Combat Team 5 commanding officer, is flanked by his staff as he speaks during the opening of a commanders conference here, March 1. Commanders, staff officer More
U.S. Marine Cpl. Austin Aliferis, a fire team leader with the Regimental Combat Team 5 Police Advisor Team working in support of 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, applies a bandage to an Afghan child's foot d More
An unmanned helicopter known as a Kaman K-1200 or “K-MAX” picks up a load of fuel during the first unmanned aircraft delivery to a patrol base in Helmand province, March 15. Unmanned helicopters have the potent More
An unmanned helicopter known as a Kaman K-1200 or “K-MAX” picks up a load of fuel during the first unmanned aircraft delivery to a patrol base in southern Helmand here, March 15. Unmanned helicopters have the p More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Eriek Gutierrez, a squad leader serving with 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, led an evening resupply patrol to another squad of Marines near a small vill More
U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) commanding general, receives a brief on the progress of the Afghan National Army's 1st Brigade, 215th Corps in southern Helmand More
A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, takes a rest during a patrol here, March 9. Marines at Patrol Base Lambadand conduct daily patrols with Afghan Nation Security Forces, tra More
Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police patrol to Wali Jan, a small village in Khan Neshin district, March 24, 2012. The AUP patrol leader, Bismullah Khaliq, said his men always show respect and courtesy to loca More
U.S. Marines and sailors serving with Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, sort through mail and care packages during a late-night delivery here March 25, 2012. Mail isn’t delivered daily More
U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. David H. Berger, commanding general of 1st Marine Division (Forward), speaks with Lt. Col. George Schreffler, the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion commanding officer, during a qu More
Bismullah Khaliq, an Afghan Uniformed Police team leader, directs his patrolmen to search a compound in a village near Qual-e Now, March 27, 2012. The AUP led a mission to the remote village here to speak to fa More
U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Bryan M. Doss, the Police Advisor Team intelligence officer, and Staff Sgt. Alejandro Santiago, an assistant team leader with the advisor team, both with Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Rec More
U.S. Marine Justin K. Smith, a squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and native of Greensboro, N.C., takes a sip of tea while speaking with local residents during a patrol here, More
U.S. Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. John E. Trotta, the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment operations chief, looks for enemy movement during a patrol in Trek Nawa, April 13, 2012. Trotta and Sgt. Maj. William R. Fr More
Afghan National Army (center) Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali Sujaie, the 1st Brigade, 215th Corps commanding General, walks with U.S. Marine Col. Roger B. Turner, the Regimental Combat Team 5 commanding officer, to hi More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Victor Longoria, with the Regimental Combat Team 5 personal security detachment, poses with country singer Toby Keith here, April 28, 2012. Keith visited Camp Dwyer and performed for service me More
An Afghan National Army soldier with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, applies a tourniquet on simulated casualty during a combat medic course here, April 26, 2012. This eight-week course instructed by ANA soldiers and More
An Afghan National Army soldier with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps reports to an ANA commander with 1/215 during an awards ceremony here April 28, 2012. Afghan soldiers and U.S. Marines with the Regimental Combat Te More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Brandon M. Barton, a light armored vehicle crewman with Charlie Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, is on his second deployment to Helmand province’s Khan Neshin district More
U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew Palma (right), commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment and Sgt. Maj. Andrew Cece, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines sergeant major, case the battalion battle colors to symboliz More
An Afghan National Army soldier with Route Clearance Tolai, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, cleans his 240G medium machine gun after a convoy with U.S. Marines from 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, through southern Hel More
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mark Winward, the Regimental Combat Team 5 chaplain, pins a Fleet Marine Force Qualified Officer insignia on Lt. Benton Garrett, a chaplain with Regional Command (Southwest) and 35-year-old nati More
U.S. Marine Col. Roger B. Turner Jr. and Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the commanding officer and sergeant major of Regimental Combat Team 5, and special guests, bow their heads in during a transfer of authority cere More
U.S. Marines with the air interdiction force composed of 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, and 2nd Bn., 11th Marines, search a vehicle during an air interdiction force mission here, Dec. 7. The AIF mission w More
Afghan National Army Col. Mohammad Sarwar Kushal, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps executive officer, speaks with U.S. Marine Col. Roger Turner, commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team 5, during a commander’s conf More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jerod Byron Young, an electrician with Regimental Combat Team 5 and 21-year-old native of Atlanta, checks the filter on a generator here, Dec. 9. Young joined the Marine Corps to follow i More
Casey, an improvised explosive device detection dog, with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, searches the side of a road for IEDs here, Jan. 20. Always nearby on patrol, Casey's handler Cpl. Ross T. Gundlach, More
A Marine with Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regimment, searches a local resident before a shura with Trek Nawa elders here, Jan 29. The shura coincided with a clearing operation conducted by Afghan Na More
Nawa district prosecutor Mohammed Aloah speaks to Afghan Local Police recruits during a class on the laws of land warfare here, Feb. 5. The 59 Afghan recruits will also be trained in basic infantry tactics, pol More
U.S. Marine Cpl. Michael Presson, Regimental Combat Team 5, watches Super Bowl XLVI between New England Patriots and New York Giants here, Feb. 6. The Marines and sailors of RCT-5 are halfway through a yearlong More
Afghan National Army soldiers with Military Police Tolay, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps search a vehicle during an air interdiction mission with U.S. Marines from the Regimental Combat Team 5 embedded training team More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Joseph D. Carlisle, the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Police Advisor Team chief instructor and native of Wylie, Texas, teaches a class on search procedures to Afghan Local Police recruits More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Shane Willis, a 28 year-old Manchester, N.H., native and the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Police Advisor Team chief instructor, observes as Afghan Local Police recruits conduct patrolling More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Davi Marcos De Padua Silva, a bulk fuel specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 and 20-year-old native of Boston, was naturalized as an American citizen during a ceremony here, F More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Ernest K. Hoopii (front), a native of Maui, Hawaii, and Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, a native of Laredo, Texas, prepare to report to the Regimental Combat Team 5 commanding officer during a rel More
U.S. Marine Capt. Kaleb Harkema, the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion intelligence officer, listens to a brief during a commanders conference hosted by Regimental Combat Team 5 here, March 1. Commande More
A member of Afghan National Interdiction Unit Team 10 gathers evidence during a raid on a suspected opium production facility here, March 7, 2012. The raid was part of Operation Psarlay Taba, a partnered counte More
An unmanned helicopter known as a Kaman K-1200 or “K-MAX” prepares to take off during the first unmanned aircraft delivery to a patrol base in southern Helmand here, March 15. Unmanned helicopters have the pote More
An unmanned helicopter known as a Kaman K-1200 or “K-MAX” prepares to take off during the first unmanned aircraft delivery to a patrol base in Helmand province, March 15. Unmanned helicopters have the potential More
U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) commanding general, receives a brief from Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Abdoul Ghanon on the progress of the 1st Brigade, 215th More
A U.S. Marine squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, watches for enemy movement while providing security for his squad here, March 6. Marines at Patrol Base Lambadand conduct dai More
Afghan Uniformed Police patrolman Mohammad Nasim walks his beat March 24, 2012, en route to Wali Jan, a small village in Khan Neshin district. Nasim speaks Uzbek, the native language from his province in northe More
U.S. Marine Col. Roger B. Turner (right), Regimental Combat Team 5 commanding officer, speaks with sergeants major serving under RCT-5 during a quarterly governance conference here, March 27. Key civilian leade More
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Alejandro Santiago, an assistant team leader with the Police Advisor Team, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, provided support and guidance during an Afghan Unifor More
U.S. Marines serving with the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Police Advisor Team welcomed 1391, the Afghan New Year, with the Afghan Uniformed Police during a dinner celebration here, March 22, 2012 More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Justin K. Smith, a squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and native of Greensboro, N.C., kneels in a field while speaking to air support over his radio during a More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. William R. Frye, the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment sergeant major, looks for enemy movement during a patrol in Trek Nawa, April 13, 2012. Frye and Master Gunnery Sgt. John E. Trotta p More
Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Abdoul Ghani (right), the 1st Brigade, 215th Corps operations officer, reports to Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali Sujaie, the 1/215 commanding general, during a Mujahideen Victory Day cele More
American country music star Toby Keith performs for U.S. service members during a concert here, April 28, 2012. Keith visited Camp Dwyer and performed for service members as part of United Service Organizations tour.
An Afghan National Army soldier with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps displays his certificate of appreciation during an awards ceremony here, April 28, 2012. Afghan soldiers and U.S. Marines with the Regimental Combat More
An Afghan National Army soldier with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, applies a tourniquet on a simulated casualty during a combat medic course here, April 26, 2012. This eight-week course instructed by ANA soldiers a More
Afghan National Army soldiers with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps play volleyball here, June 27, 2012. These soldiers and those with the brigade's Route Clearance Tolai recently conducted operations with More
Major Gen. Ronald Bailey, commanding general with 1st Marine Division, pins the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on Lance Cpl. Benjamin Nalls, a fire team leader with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, here More
U.S. Marine Col. Roger B. Turner Jr. and Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the commanding officer and sergeant major of Regimental Combat Team 5, case the regimental colors during a transfer of authority ceremony here, J More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Alston Hays, an air interdiction force team member with Regimental Combat Team 5, searches a local man during an air interdiction force mission here, Dec. 7. The AIF mission was conducted in su More
U.S. Marine Col. Roger B. Turner (center), commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team 5, speaks with Afghan National Army Col. Mohammad Sarwar Kushal, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps executive officer, during and AN More
U.S. Marine Cpl. Ross T. Gundlach, a dog handler with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment and his trusted dog Casey pose for a photo after searching a local village here, Jan. 12. Always together while on patrol More
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy Martinez, the Regimental Combat Team 5 Personal Security Detachment platoon commander, reenlisted during a ceremony with Marines and sailors of the PSD here, Jan. 14. Martinez, a 3 More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jerod Byron Young, an electrician with Regimental Combat Team 5 and 21-year-old native of Atlanta, checks the circuit on a generator here, Dec. 9. Young joined the Marine Corps to follow More
A Marine with Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, crosses a wadi during a security patrol here, Jan. 30. Marines with 2/6 provided overwatch during clearing operation conducted by Afghan National A More
U.S. Marines with Regimental Combat Team 5 watchSuper Bowl XLVI between New England Patriots and New York Giants here, Feb. 6. The Marines and sailors of RCT-5 are halfway through a yearlong deployment to south More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Johanna Robbins, a dog handler with Military Police Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), posts security with Cpl. Roy, a military working dog, as a part of an air interdictio More
Afghan Local Police recruits practice handcuffing procedures during the ALP academy here, Feb. 8. The 59 Afghan recruits will be trained in basic infantry tactics, police operations, human rights and the laws o More
U.S. Marine Cpl. Brett S. Clark, an Afghan Local Police instructor with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment and native of East Liverpool, Ohio, teaches an ALP recruit patrolling techniques during an ALP Academy More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Shane Willis, a 28-year-old Manchester, N.H., native and the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Police Advisor Team chief instructor, teaches Afghan Local Police recruits patrolling techniques More
U.S. Marine Cpl. Aphideth Os, a motor transportation mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 and 21-year-old native of St. Louis, Mo., was naturalized as an American citizen during a ceremony here, Feb. More
U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew Palma, the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment commanding officer, speaks to Col. Roger Turner, the Regimental Combat Team 5 commanding officer, during a commanders conference hosted More
A member of Afghan National Interdiction Unit Team 10 takes notes during a raid on a suspected opium production facility here, March 7, 2012. The raid was part of Operation Psarlay Taba, a partnered counternarc More
A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security for his squad while on a rest stop during a patrol here, March 7. Marines at Patrol Base Lambadand conduct daily patrols More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Benjamin Nalls, a light armored vehicle crewman serving with 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, was the point man an evening resupply patrol to anothe More
Afghan Uniformed Police patrolman Abdul Hamid, a three-month veteran of the police force here, stays vigilant on an AUP-led patrol to Wali Jan, a small village in Khan Neshin district, March 24, 2012. Two U.S. More
U.S. Navy corpsman Petty Officer 3rd Class Abir Majumdar and Staff Sgt. Khris Decapua, an assistant team leader with the Police Advisor Team, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, take a br More
Bismullah Khaliq, an Afghan Uniformed Police team leader, asks a local man to enter and search his compound while Abdul Habib, an AUP patrolman, and U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Alejandro Santiago, a police advisor, More
British Army Brigadier Stuart Skeates, the deputy commander of Regional Command (Southwest), speaks with U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew Palma, the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment commanding officer, during a q More
U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Brian Stirrat, the Police Advisor Team senior enlisted advisor, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, trains and mentors Afghan Uniformed Police in Khan Neshin dist More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Justin K. Smith, a squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and native of Greensboro, N.C., takes a rest during a patrol here, March 12, 2012. In 2006, Smith was p More