Lance Cpl. Zachary Allen, an infantryman with India Company, 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, walks through a corn field during an
operation, Nov. 23. Allen, a 21-year-old native of Fruita, Colo., and
his fellow Marines stayed in the Southern Green Zone for more than a day
to observe and hunt the Taliban.
Lance Cpl. Adam Zaugg, an assaultman with India Company, 3rd Battalion,
5th Marine Regiment, crosses a canal during a mission, Nov. 24. Zaugg, a
20-year-old native of Eagle Mountain, Utah, and fellow Marines often
had to cross knee to waist-deep canals during multiple patrols while on a
mission to hunt Taliban fighters.
Lance Cpl. Michael Brown, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine
Regiment, uses a metal detector to sweep for improvised explosive
devices during an operation, Nov. 23, 2010. Brown, a 20-year-old native
of Kansas City, Mo., and his fellow Marines maintain constant awareness
for IEDs and sweep every area.
A Jamaican native, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. McCarthy Phillip (center), an
infantry squad leader who resides in Decatur, Ga., assigned to Company
C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, and other
soldiers patrol in a small village in the Pech River Valley in eastern
Afghanistan's Kunar province, Nov. 20.
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