BAZAAR BATTLE - U.S. Marines return fire from behind a wall after receiving enemy fire in Lakari Bazaar, Afghanistan, July 19, 2009. The Marines are assigned to 1st Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, and are accompanied by Afghan National Army soldiers in order to deny freedom of movement to the country's enemies. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. Burks.

HAJIABAD PATROL - U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Steve Larocque looks back at Pfc. James Kelley during a patrol in Hajiabad, Konar province, Afghanistan, July 14, 2009. Larocque and Kelley are assigned to the 61st Cavalry Regiment's Company C, 3rd Squadron. The team hiked up to Hajiabad to meet with village elders. U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Spc. Evan D. Marcy.

U.S. Army Pfc. James Kelley, Company C, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, peers around a truck while pulling security on a patrol to Hajiabad in Nishagam village, Afghanistan, July 14, 2009.

Paratroopers from the 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, wait in a dust storm for the beginning of an air assault mission at Forward Operating Base Kushamond, Afghanistan, July 17, 2009.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marquez prepares to return insurgent fire near the Lakari Bazaar in the Garmsir district of the Helmand province of Afghanistan July 19, 2009. Marquez is with 2nd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, a ground combat element of Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan. DoD photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. Burks, U.S. Marine Corps/Released

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Andrew Schoenmaker, center, talks with leaders at a meeting in the Nawa District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 15, 2009. Schoenmaker and other Marines are assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade - Afghanistan.