America's Battalion, Afghan Army Complete First Task in Operation Cobra

Lance Cpl. Travis S. Lane, a team leader with 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and Lance Cpl. Si M. Moy, rifleman, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3/3, patrol farmland near where Lima Company first established an observation post in Southern Shorshork, Helmand province, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Cobra, June 16. Operation Cobra is a joint operation between Marine Corps units and the Afghanistan National Army to disrupt enemy forces, which have been using the sparsely populated region between Marjah and Nawa as a safe haven.
Photo by Sgt. Mark Fayloga