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Sgt. Eric Petersen, squad leader, 4th Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO-ISAF familiarizes Maj. James J.M. Driscoll, commanding officer, B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment, British Army through some of the Garmsir City Disctrict's fields in Hemland Province, Afghanistan during a relief-in-place. Marines returned military authority to British forces to maintain stability within Helmand Province. (Official Marine Corps photograph by Cpl Alex C. Guerra) - Sgt. Eric Petersen, squad leader, 4th Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO-ISAF familiarizes Maj. James J.M. Driscoll, commanding officer, B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment, British Army through some of the Garmsir City Disctrict's fields in Hemland Province, Afghanistan during a relief-in-place. Marines returned military authority to British forces to maintain stability within Helmand Province. (Official Marine Corps photograph by Cpl Alex C. Guerra)

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.