Preserving A Marine’s Sacrifice: The Evolution of Combat Outpost Torbert

COMBAT OUTPOST TORBERT, AFGHANISTAN

04.25.2012

Photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder  

I Marine Expeditionary Force

U.S. Marine Cpls. George Eifert (left), 22, from Cambridge, Minn., Steven Sane (center), 23, from Douglasville, Ga., and Karl Winar (right), 20, from Flemington, N.J., motor transport Marines with Trucks Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, load a generator onto the bed of a 7-ton truck while retrograding military equipment here, April 15, 2012, in preparation for the position’s transfer to Afghan forces. Over the last 16 months, Afghan and coalition forces employed Combat Outpost Torbert as a key location for stabilization and the growth of governance in the once-volatile Banadar region of Helmand province’s Garmsir district. The nearing assumption of lead security responsibility in Garmsir by Afghan forces enabled Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines, to transfer COP Torbert to Afghan Border Police, April 20. The position was named in honor of fallen Marine Cpl. Eric M. Torbert, Jr., a 25-year-old combat engineer from Lancaster, Pa., who was killed by an improvised explosive device in Banadar, Dec. 18, 2010. Though COP Torbert is now run by Afghan forces, they’ve honored Cpl. Torbert’s sacrifice by maintaining the position’s name.

• Date Taken: 04.25.2012
• Date Posted: 04.25.2012 06:27
• Photo ID: 565167
• VIRIN: 120415-M-MM918-002
• Resolution: 2100x1400
• Size: 1.97 MB
• Location: COMBAT OUTPOST TORBERT, AF