U.S. Marine Sgt. Brandon Camling, a 23-year-old advisor

U.S. Marine Sgt. Brandon Camling, a 23-year-old advisor with a Border Advisor Team in support of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a native of Grand Rapids, Mich., speaks with members of the Afghan Border Police assigned to 4th Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand ABP, while halted on a security patrol during Operation Shahem Tofan (Eagle Storm) here, Feb. 13. After arriving in the desert on helicopters and an armored convoy, ABP and the Weapons Marines scoured dusty highways for smugglers and insurgents moving across the eastern desert into Helmand province, Feb. 10-13. The mission was a shift from the ABP’s current assignment in Garmsir district, where they keep watch over its southern population centers. Under the coalition mentorship, they are returning to their core capability of interdicting insurgent activity across Helmand’s border.