Combat Logistics Battalion 3 Counters Insurgency During Patrol in Southern Afghanistan [Image 1 of 3]

HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

03.07.2009

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald Stauffer 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command

Sgt. Patrick T. Doll unloads a broken piece of equipment with a military forklift at Forward Operating Base Now Zad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, March 6, 2009. The second platoon of Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, successfully transported the forklift across the rugged terrain. The movement of heavy equipment to FOB Now Zad had never before been accomplished by CLB-3. 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. Doll is a heavy equipment operator assigned to Support Company, CLB-3.

• Date Taken: 03.07.2009
• Date Posted: 03.26.2009 04:25
• Photo ID: 159946
• VIRIN: 090326-M-0000S-002
• Resolution: 3000x2153
• Size: 964.68 KB
• Location: HELMAND PROVINCE, AF