A U.S. Marine from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines takes his rifle after jumping through a gap in a wall during an operation in the town of Marjah, in Nad Ali district of Helmand province February 18, 2010.
U.S. Marines from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines search an empty house during an operation in the town of Marjah in Nad Ali district of Helmand province February 18, 2010.
U.S. Marine Captain Ryan Sparks (L), commander of Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines speaks with other U.S Marines in the town of Marjah in Nad Ali district of Helmand province February 18, 2010
U.S. Marines from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, take up positions during an operation in the town of Marjah, in Nad Ali district of Helmand province February 17, 2010.
During a sporadic firefight, U.S. Marines guard a wounded and combative Taliban fighter, one of two captured minutes earlier, according to witnesses, during a U.S. Army Task Force Pegasus medevac mission, in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010.