Combat Logistics Battalion 3 Counters Insurgency During Patrol in Southern Afghanistan [Image 2 of 3]

HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

03.07.2009

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald Stauffer 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command

Marines with second platoon, Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, check the brakes on a trailer during a combat logistics patrol enroute to Forward Operating Base Now Zad, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 6, 2009. CLB-3 is the logistics combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Afghanistan, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, with a focus on training and mentoring the Afghan national police.

• Date Taken: 03.07.2009
• Date Posted: 03.26.2009 04:26
• Photo ID: 159948
• VIRIN: 090326-M-0000S-004
• Resolution: 3000x1934
• Size: 997.79 KB
• Location: HELMAND PROVINCE, AF