Defense.gov News Photo 090728-M-0440G-753

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Gus Biggio (left) with the civil affairs group from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment meets with Nawa District Administrator Haji Mohammed Khan at Patrol Base Jaker, Nawa District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, to discuss road improvement projects in the district on July 28, 2009. U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade - Afghanistan are deployed in support of NATO's International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counter insurgency operations and the training and mentoring of Afghan security forces.