NAWA DISTRICT, Afghanistan – Marine Maj. Victor Ruble, the Regimental Combat Team 5 effects officer, and Staff Sgt. Jeremy Martinez, the RCT-5 personal security detachment platoon commander, greet local children while patrolling through a bazaar here, June 26, 2012. Colonel Roger B. Turner Jr., the commanding officer of RCT-5, and his staff conducted their final battlefield circulation of Marjah, Nawa, Garmsir and Khan Neshin districts, observing the progress made by Afghan security forces and the district governments over the last year. The regiment will soon transfer authority of coalit
NAWA DISTRICT, Afghanistan – Marine Maj. Victor Ruble, the Regimental Combat Team 5 effects officer, and Staff Sgt. Jeremy Martinez, the RCT-5 personal security detachment platoon commander, greet local children while patrolling through a bazaar here, June 26, 2012. Colonel Roger B. Turner Jr., the commanding officer of RCT-5, and his staff conducted their final battlefield circulation of Marjah, Nawa, Garmsir and Khan Neshin districts, observing the progress made by Afghan security forces and the district governments over the last year. The regiment will soon transfer authority of coalition positions in southern Helmand province to RCT-6, before heading home to Camp Pendleton, Calif. Regimental Combat Team 5 conducts final battlefield circulation of southern Helmand 120626-M-PH863-030
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