Operation Enduring Freedom: Marines operate near Combat Outpost Ouellette [Image 4 of 11]

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, AFGHANISTAN

03.27.2011

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bryce Piper 

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)     

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brett Gibson, an engineer attached to Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, sweeps for Improvised Explosive Devices near a tree, felled to clear a gun position during a security patrol through a poppy field from the Marines' patrol base in Helmand province's Green Zone, west of the Nahr-e Saraj canal, March 27. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

• Date Taken: 03.27.2011
• Date Posted: 04.04.2011 11:14
• Photo ID: 386111
• VIRIN: 110327-M-SB982-043
• Resolution: 5616x3744
• Size: 2.21 MB
• Location: COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, AF