Sgt. Brian Kightlinger, with Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, crosses a bridge during a security patrol in the Nawa district of the Helmand Province of Afghanistan Sept. 5, 2009. The Marines conduct security patrols to decrease insurgent activity and gain the trust of the Afghan people. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, which conducts counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. (Photo by Cpl. Artur Shvartsberg)
