A U.S. Marine Sniper-Scout attached to 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3/4 Marines, walks back into his living area after an exchange of fire with Taliban militants, at Patrol Base 302, in the Gesresk Valley, Helmand province.







Spc. Nathan Deboard, 25, of Plano, right, and Pfc. Jason Garcia, of Orange County Calif., fire a 120mm high explosive mortar round at an insurgent fighting position Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 at Combat Outpost Monti in Kunar province, Afghanistan. The soldiers are with the U.S. Army's Bravo Company of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.