Florida native creates ties with sea-service brothers on Afghan deployment [Image 1 of 3]

FIRE BASE FIDDLER’S GREEN, AFGHANISTAN

12.15.2011

Photo by Sgt. Earnest J. Barnes 

II Marine Expeditionary Force   

Lance Cpl. Mitchell L. Young, a field radio operator with Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, contacts his command while on a recent security patrol. The Tampa, Fla., native is serving his first combat tour in Afghanistan and is one of the youngest Marines in his unit. His squad leader, Sgt. Romero Garcia, a Polk City, Fla., native said Young is like a little brother to him.

• Date Taken: 12.15.2011
• Date Posted: 12.15.2011 07:37
• Photo ID: 499670
• VIRIN: 111126-M-RE261-001
• Resolution: 3744x5616
• Size: 5.56 MB
• Location: FIRE BASE FIDDLER’S GREEN, AF