Marines take a break during a lull in fighting near Now Zad on June 20.
A Marine from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. takes up a position July 2, after off loading from a helicopter during the start of Operation Khanjari in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan.
Marines battle Taliban fighters inside a mud walled compound near Now Zad in on June 20.
Several hundred Marines were in Helmand province before the new offensive. A Marine directs an arriving convoy at Camp Dwyer on June 30.
A U.S. medic treats an Afghan suffering from back problems as Marines visit Khwaja Jamal in Helmand province on June 22.
Troops from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines wait at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 2, to board helicopters for the assault in Helmand province.
U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. shoot at enemy targets during a firefight on July 3 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan.
U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. run through a door that they had to blow open with explosives after taking fire from inside the compund on July 4 in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan.
U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. meet with Afghan villagers who returned after the Marines drove Taliban fighters from the center of the village on July 5 in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan.
A U.S. Marine of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade runs to safety moments after an IED blast in Garmsir district of Helmand Province in Afghanistan on Monday, July 13. Two U.S. Marine soldiers were killed when the explosion occured as they tried to clear a route into the Taliban heartland of southern Helmand province.
Medics attached to the U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines carry a Marine, who was overcome by heat exhaustion, to a medical evacuation helicopter in the Nawa district of Afghanistan's Helmand province on July 6.
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Breen of Chicago, Illinois from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. searches an Afghan man during a search of an area where shots were fired toward the Marines on Monday, July 6 in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari, launched to combat Taliban fighters using areas in the Southern Helmand Province as resupply routes, and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections.
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, left, and 2nd MEB Sgt. Major Hooph pay their respects to Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard during a memorial service at a forward base on Aug. 27.
Marines of Golf Company move into position to return fire against Taliban insurgents in Dahaneh.
U.S. Marines attend an injured colleague after a Taliban ambush in Helmand province Oct. 9.
U.S. marines fire during a Taliban ambush as they carry out an operation to clear an area in Helmand province, Oct. 9.
U.S. Marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion settle into a makeshift patrol base during Operation Germinate iin Farah Province, southern Afghanistan, on Oct. 21
Some cards and cigars among members of U.S. 2/8 2nd battalion 8th Marines Regiment at Camp Delhi in Helmand province, on Saturday, Oct. 3.
Marine Lance Cpl. Vincent Morales of Baytown, Texas, with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, yells to a fellow Marine inside a dry irrigation canal in southern Afghanistan on Friday, Oct. 20.
Marines from Fox Company 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines shop at a mobile PX convenience store that arrives once a month in a container on a flatbed truck, at their forward operating base, in Farah Province, southern Afghanistan, on Sept. 28
A Marine jokes around with Afghan villagers while on patrol in Farah Province on Wednesday, Sept. 23.
A U.S Marine from Delta Company searches an Afghan man for weapons near the town of Khan Neshin in Rig district of Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, on Sept. 8.
Fellow Marines come to the aid of Bernard after he is mortally wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade. Msnbc.com initially chose not to run this picture. The AP distribution of the photo became controversial after Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asked the service not to publish the image. We are allowing you to decide whether to view it.
Marines move to take positions on a mountainside at the start of Operation Eastern Resolve 2 against the Taliban outside the village of Dahaneh on Aug. 12. The operation was an attempt to push militants from the key Helmand village and ensure that citizens will be able to vote in upcoming elections.
Marines take a position on a rooftop during fighting Aug. 12 in the village of Dahaneh. The troops exchanged heavy fire with the Taliban over more than eight hours.
A U.S. Marine watches over a detainee during fighting in the Helmand village of Dahaneh on Aug. 12. It was the first time NATO troops had entered the village, which has been under Taliban control.
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