US Marines In Khan Neshin

KHAN NESHIN, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 11: A US Marine from the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Delta Company, Sergeant Andrew Oquendo, 23 years, of Paterson, New Jersey, speaks with farmers during a security patrol on August 11, 2009 in Khan Neshin, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. US Marines are posted at FOB Castle, the southern-most US military post in Helmand province, nearly 80 miles from the Pakistan border. Taliban militants, having been forced to flee with the influx of 4,000 Marines into Helmand, have had control of southern Helmand for 3-4 years. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)