U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Micah D. Howard, a team

U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Micah D. Howard, a team leader with 1st Squad, 1st Platoon, Company L, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Regimental Combat Team 8, looks through the optics of his rifle while on patrol near the village of Karim Kariz, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27. Elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in support of the International Security Assistance Force.