U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mitchell Lander, foreground, an enlisted adviser assigned to Border Advisory Team 1, provides security during a movement toward the Afghan border in support of Operation Eagle Hunt in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2011.
The Afghan-led operation allowed the Afghan Border Police and Afghan Uniformed Police to demonstrate their progress as security forces. DoD photo by Cpl. Marco Mancha, U.S. Marine Corps. Original public domain image from Flickr