ENCOURAGEMENT Cpl. Jarrod Lykins, with 2nd Combat Engineers Battalion attached to Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, crosses a river during a patrol in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan. The battalion, which is a combat element of Regimental Combat Team 3, conducted counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. 090930-M-1159E-040 (4733280958)

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