Marine Cpl. Sean Grady, a dog handler and pointman with Red Platoon, Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 27-year-old native of Otho, Iowa, and Ace, an improvised explosive device detection dog, post security during a dismounted patrol here, April 27, 2012. Since arriving in southern Helmand province in October 2011, Echo Co. has been charged with conducting counterinsurgency operations throughout Khan Neshin district, to include vehicle checkpoints, dismounted patrols and targeted interdiction operations. Marines in Khan Neshin near end of successful deployment 12


Marine Cpl. Sean Grady, a dog handler and pointman with Red Platoon, Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 27-year-old native of Otho, Iowa, and Ace, an improvised explosive device detection dog, post security during a dismounted patrol here, April 27, 2012. Since arriving in southern Helmand province in October 2011, Echo Co. has been charged with conducting counterinsurgency operations throughout Khan Neshin district, to include vehicle checkpoints, dismounted patrols and targeted interdiction operations. Marines in Khan Neshin near end of successful deployment 120427-M-PH863-012


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