Marines with Alpha Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), prepare to gravity feed fuel into stationary tankers at Combat Outpost Nolay, July 13. A combat logistics patrol numbering more than three dozen vehicles arrived with fuel and communications and computer equipment after nearly two days of crawling through improvised explosive device-laden desert. The gear will enable American forces in Helmand’s volatile Sangin district to establish their own combat operations center and increase the general livability at the growing base. - Marines with Alpha Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), prepare to gravity feed fuel into stationary tankers at Combat Outpost Nolay, July 13. A combat logistics patrol numbering more than three dozen vehicles arrived with fuel and communications and computer equipment after nearly two days of crawling through improvised explosive device-laden desert. The gear will enable American forces in Helmand’s volatile Sangin district to establish their own combat operations center and increase the general livability at the growing base.

Sergeant Clifton Shackleford, a security team leader with Bravo Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) ‘elevates’ the spirits of several local children whom reside in the village outside Combat Outpost Cafferetta here May 10. The Marines conducted a series of combat logistics patrols in the region and spent the afternoon with dozens of locals from a nearby village whom welcomed the Marine’s presence in the area. - Sergeant Clifton Shackleford, a security team leader with Bravo Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) ‘elevates’ the spirits of several local children whom reside in the village outside Combat Outpost Cafferetta here May 10. The Marines conducted a series of combat logistics patrols in the region and spent the afternoon with dozens of locals from a nearby village whom welcomed the Marine’s presence in the area.

Sergeant Clifton Shackleford, a security team leader with Bravo Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) ‘elevates’ the spirits of several local children whom reside in the village outside Combat Outpost Cafferetta here May 10. The Marines conducted a series of combat logistics patrols in the region and spent the afternoon with dozens of locals from a nearby village whom welcomed the Marine’s presence in the area. - Sergeant Clifton Shackleford, a security team leader with Bravo Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) ‘elevates’ the spirits of several local children whom reside in the village outside Combat Outpost Cafferetta here May 10. The Marines conducted a series of combat logistics patrols in the region and spent the afternoon with dozens of locals from a nearby village whom welcomed the Marine’s presence in the area.