U.S. Marines Man Outpost In Restive Helmand Province

KHAN NESHIN, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 11: (FRANCE OUT) A young Pashtun girl watches as US Marines hand out trinkets in her village March 11, 2010 in a hamlet near Khan Neshin in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Marines in the area have been assigned to help gather census data for planned Afghan government in the area, and are taking foot patrols to tiny hamlets near their base to gather the information. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)