Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Tantama, Emergency Medicine Physician, Charlie Surgical Company, 1st Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15 (Forward), 1st Marine Logistics Group (FWD) holds the Afghan baby whose life was saved by him and his team. - Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Tantama, Emergency Medicine Physician, Charlie Surgical Company, 1st Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15 (Forward), 1st Marine Logistics Group (FWD) holds the Afghan baby whose life was saved by him and his team.

Lance Cpl. Kimberly R. Burrows, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) moves a two-by-four while working on improvements for Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge, Sept. 12. Burrows, 22, Albany, Ore. is the only female on the FOB during 9th ESB’s mission to improve security and living conditions there. - Lance Cpl. Kimberly R. Burrows, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) moves a two-by-four while working on improvements for Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge, Sept. 12. Burrows, 22, Albany, Ore. is the only female on the FOB during 9th ESB’s mission to improve security and living conditions there.

Marines of 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), assemble components of a bridge across the Helmand River near the city of Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan, September 20, 2010. 9th ESB Marines provide engineering support to coalition forces in support of the International Security Assistance Force. - Marines of 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), assemble components of a bridge across the Helmand River near the city of Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan, September 20, 2010. 9th ESB Marines provide engineering support to coalition forces in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

Marines of 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), assemble components of a bridge across the Helmand River near the city of Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan, September 20, 2010. 9th ESB Marines provide engineering support to coalition forces in support of the International Security Assistance Force. - Marines of 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), assemble components of a bridge across the Helmand River near the city of Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan, September 20, 2010. 9th ESB Marines provide engineering support to coalition forces in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

Sgt. Joshua Shoda, an explosive ordnance disposal technician for 1st EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), recites the Oath of Enlistment during a reenlistment ceremony aboard Forward Operating Base Jackson in Sangin, Afghanistan, Sept. 18. Shoda, 26, from Columbia City, Ind., has been attached to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (Forward), since deploying to Afghanistan in April in support of the International Security Assistance Force. Since arriving in country, he has prosecuted countless improvised explosive devices, saving the lives of his fellow Marines. - Sgt. Joshua Shoda, an explosive ordnance disposal technician for 1st EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), recites the Oath of Enlistment during a reenlistment ceremony aboard Forward Operating Base Jackson in Sangin, Afghanistan, Sept. 18. Shoda, 26, from Columbia City, Ind., has been attached to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (Forward), since deploying to Afghanistan in April in support of the International Security Assistance Force. Since arriving in country, he has prosecuted countless improvised explosive devices, saving the lives of his fellow Marines.

Lance Cpl. Dwason E. Griffith, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), nails an A-frame to a wall, Sept. 12. Since their arrival on the FOB, Sept. 2, engineers from 9th ESB have been building structures to improve living conditions and security. - Lance Cpl. Dwason E. Griffith, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), nails an A-frame to a wall, Sept. 12. Since their arrival on the FOB, Sept. 2, engineers from 9th ESB have been building structures to improve living conditions and security.