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Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, ISAF, watch as artillery rounds impact a known insurgent stronghold. - Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, ISAF, watch as artillery rounds impact a known insurgent stronghold.

Marines serving with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's infantry battalion congratulate Afghan police after a successful joint patrol in Garmsir. - Marines serving with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's infantry battalion congratulate Afghan police after a successful joint patrol in Garmsir.

Marines lead Afghanistan National Police members on a patrol from the Civil Military Operations Center in the Garmsir city district. These intergrated patrols demonstrate the transfer of responsibility in the region from the Marines to ISAF and Afghan forces. These patrols span the entire region are intended to not only provide security, but help identify damages that will receive repiration payment. - Marines lead Afghanistan National Police members on a patrol from the Civil Military Operations Center in the Garmsir city district. These intergrated patrols demonstrate the transfer of responsibility in the region from the Marines to ISAF and Afghan forces. These patrols span the entire region are intended to not only provide security, but help identify damages that will receive repiration payment.

A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pays a local resident for damages his property incurred while Marines battled insurgents in Garmsir. The MEU recently opened a Civivl Military Operations Center in the region to begin the reconstruction phase in Garmsir. The MEU enetered Garmsir in Late April and quickly dispatched insurgents from an area that had not been under NATO-ISAF control previously. The MEU remains in Garmsir conductiong classic COIN operations. - A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pays a local resident for damages his property incurred while Marines battled insurgents in Garmsir. The MEU recently opened a Civivl Military Operations Center in the region to begin the reconstruction phase in Garmsir. The MEU enetered Garmsir in Late April and quickly dispatched insurgents from an area that had not been under NATO-ISAF control previously. The MEU remains in Garmsir conductiong classic COIN operations.

An Afghan worker hauls his shipment to a Marine checkpoint in Helmand province. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, man the checkpoints to halt the resupply of insurgent fighters in the province. - An Afghan worker hauls his shipment to a Marine checkpoint in Helmand province. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, man the checkpoints to halt the resupply of insurgent fighters in the province.

A farmer's family waits in the shade as Marines with C Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th MEU, receive a tour of his coumpound. - A farmer's family waits in the shade as Marines with C Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th MEU, receive a tour of his coumpound.