Photos by Lance Cpl. Dwight Henderson

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Lance Cpl. Matt A. Dunn, a team leader with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, walks through a canal during a patrol through the fields and town of Loy Darwayshan in Garmsir, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009. The Marines patrolled with local Afghan border police and were able to find one improvised explosive device and two bags of IED-making materials.

Lance Cpl. Garrett Gamble, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, turns to check the rear during a patrol through the fields and town of Loy Darwayshan in Garmsir, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009.

Lance Cpl. Matt O. Muldoon, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, takes a knee during a patrol through the fields and town of Loy Darwayshan in Garmsir, Afghanistan.