Corporal Ramirez Ricardo, Khowst Province, Afghanistan. February 2005

Marine Cpl. Ramirez Ricardo, from Quebradillas, Puerto Rico pulls guard around a clinic in Khost Province, Afghanistan during a medical assistance an assessment visit to the village Feb. 21, 2005. Ricardo is assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, “America’s Battalion”, from Kaneohe Marine Corps Station, Hawaii. During the medical visit, coalition forces provided critical medical assistance to over 660 Afghans. Photo taken 02/21/2005 by Capt. Juanita Chang, USA