U.S. Marines with 3d platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (3/5), Regimental Combat Team 2 (RCT2) patrol during a company clearing operation in Sangin District, Afghanistan on Dec. 31, 2010. The Battalion is one of the combat elements of RCT 2, whose mission is to conduct counter insurgency operations in partnership with the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Dexter S. Saulisbury/Not Reviewed)