Lance Cpl. Kalib Walker, an automatic rifleman with

Lance Cpl. Kalib Walker, an automatic rifleman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Freeport, N.Y., departed the United States for his second tour to Afghanistan ten days prior to the birth of his first child, Kylie. Walker had been training for his current deployment when his wife, Mariolbis, became pregnant. Since his arrival in Afghanistan, he has been able to occasionally visually contact his wife and child through video messaging. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan / released)