Providing security during a patrol near Checkpoint North in Helmand province, Afghanistan

Staff Sgt. Robert Jernigan, team leader, Firepower Control Team Alpha, 1st Brigade Platoon, 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, peers around a corner while a U.K. soldier with Number IX Company, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, provides security during a patrol, Sept. 23, 2009, near Checkpoint North in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Jernigan and his fellow Marines from 2nd ANGLICO currently serve as liaisons between the U.K.'s Task Force Helmand and the Marine brigade, also known as Task Force Leatherneck. Photo by Cpl. Aaron Rooks