United States Marines - USMC-120828-M-PC317-034

Lance Cpl. Ethan Payne, machine gunner, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6, waits to load into his vehicle before a convoy, Aug. 28, 2012. Payne is proud of what he and his platoon have achieved while deployed to Trek Nawa, a known insurgent stronghold between the Nawa and Marjah districts, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.