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Local girls gather for the ribbon cutting of the Laki Girls School, in Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, while coalition forces provide security, Feb. 15. According to Lt. Col. Matthew Reid, the commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, improved security provided by coalition enforces enabled locals to defy the Taliban by establishing the girls school. - Local girls gather for the ribbon cutting of the Laki Girls School, in Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, while coalition forces provide security, Feb. 15. According to Lt. Col. Matthew Reid, the commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, improved security provided by coalition enforces enabled locals to defy the Taliban by establishing the girls school.

Corporal Richard J. Zondor, a rifleman with Combined Anti-armor Team 2, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, poses with the six-year-old Fada Mohamad; his father, Haji Mirbash; and Afghan National Army soldier Narhaden, Oct. 14, in Laki, Helamand province, Afghanistan. While holding security at a nearby checkpoint, Zondor dove into a canal to save Mohamad, who had fallen in while hearding sheep across a bridge with his father. - Corporal Richard J. Zondor, a rifleman with Combined Anti-armor Team 2, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, poses with the six-year-old Fada Mohamad; his father, Haji Mirbash; and Afghan National Army soldier Narhaden, Oct. 14, in Laki, Helamand province, Afghanistan. While holding security at a nearby checkpoint, Zondor dove into a canal to save Mohamad, who had fallen in while hearding sheep across a bridge with his father.