Lance Corporal Steve Tamez, Khowst Province, Afghanistan. February 2005

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Steve Tamez, a assigned to motor transportation with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, stands vehicle security behind a barbed wire fence, while his units conducts a security patrol in the Khowst province of Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2005. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James Yarboro/Released)