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U.S. Marine Lance Cpls. Matthew Scofield (left), 19, from Syracuse,
N.Y., and Jarrett Hatley, 21, from Millingport, N.C., a squad
automatic weapon gunner and an improvised explosive device
detection dog handler with 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd
Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, rest next to Hatley's dog Blue
after clearing compounds with Afghan National Army soldiers during
Operation Tageer Shamal (Shifting Winds) here, Jan. 4. Over the
past five years, coalition forces have operated with Afghan
National Security Forces to defeat the insurgency in the central
Helmand River valley. Driven from the green zones, or populated
areas, of districts in southern Helmand, enemy fighters have sought
refuge in bed-down locations west of the Helmand River. This area
on the outskirts of Garmsir district has been, until now, nearly
untouched by the partnered forces and the Afghan government. During
the operation, Jan. 4-8, Afghan forces and Marines with 3/3 cleared
the area of insurgent activity, weapons and improvised explosive
device-making materials, and held shuras to address the concerns of
local elders.
- 3/3
- 3rd Battalion
- 3rd Marine Regiment
- 3rd Platoon
- Afghanistan
- America's Battalion
- Bartaka
- clearing operation
- COIN
- Combat Camera
- combat correspondent
- counterinsurgency operations
- Cpl. Reece Lodder
- deployment
- elder
- Garmser District
- Garmsir District
- GIROA
- Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Helmand province
- infantry
- infantrymen
- insurgency
- International Security Assistance Force
- ISAF
- Kartaka
- Lima Co.
- Lima Company
- Marine Corps
- Marine Corps Base Hawaii
- Marines
- meeting
- NATO
- OEF
- operation
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Operation Tageer Shamal
- Operation Winter Offensive
- photographer
- Public Affairs
- Reece Lodder
- shura
- writer