Capt. Orion Jones, a pilot with Marine Heavy Helicopter

Capt. Orion Jones, a pilot with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, flies a CH-53D Sea Stallion over southwestern Afghanistan during drug interdiction operations, Aug. 18. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 and 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment supported efforts to disrupt the enemy's drug smuggling operations. Such missions have proven effective in disrupting the enemy's movement and finances from the drug trade. "When you can shrink it down and let the local people know the Taliban doesn't have the power [and] it doesn't have the money, we can show the people the power is with the local government, not with the Taliban or insurgents," said Jones, a native of Plano, Texas.