CAMP BASTION, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Lance Cpl. Joseph Merritt, a machine gunner with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fires his pistol during live-fire training outside of Camp Bastion, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec. 12. 3/8 is the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan deployed in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-International Security Assistance Force mission in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. (Photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau)
CAMP BASTION, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Lance Cpl. Ryan Welch (front) and Cpl. Kenneth Brown, with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fire their M203 grenade launchers during live-fire training outside of Camp Bastion, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec. 12. 3/8 is the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan deployed in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-International Security Assistance Force mission in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Welch is a machine gunner with 3/8. Brown is a fire team leader with 3/8. (Photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau)
CAMP BASTION, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – U.S. Marine Cpl. Kenneth Brown, a fire team leader with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, looks through the windshield of a humvee during live-fire training outside of Camp Bastion, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec. 12. 3/8 is the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan deployed in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-International Security Assistance Force mission in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. (Photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau)
