U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gino Larocca, a mortar man assigned to Kilo Company, Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, talks to the people of a local village while conducting a security patrol in the Khowst province of Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2005. The Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James Yarboro/Released)