Lance Cpl. Joseph L. Montoya, a rifleman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, sits down in front of the camera to take some time to read his daughter a book at Patrol Base Koshtay, June 19. Montoya became the father of a baby girl just before departing on this seven-month deployment. - Lance Cpl. Joseph L. Montoya, a rifleman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, sits down in front of the camera to take some time to read his daughter a book at Patrol Base Koshtay, June 19. Montoya became the father of a baby girl just before departing on this seven-month deployment.
Col. John Klink, Provincial Police Mentor Team, officer-in-charge, congratulates one of the top graduates at a recent Afghan National Police Academy graduation ceremony at the Helmand Police Training Center. The P-PMT team, partnered with the British soldiers of the 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment's Police Development Advisory Training Team, is responsible for training police forces at the Helmand Police Training Center, here, along with its 13 districts throughout Helmand province's 23,000 square miles. (Photo courtesy of the U.K. 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment Public Affairs Office) - Col. John Klink, Provincial Police Mentor Team, officer-in-charge, congratulates one of the top graduates at a recent Afghan National Police Academy graduation ceremony at the Helmand Police Training Center. The P-PMT team, partnered with the British soldiers of the 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment's Police Development Advisory Training Team, is responsible for training police forces at the Helmand Police Training Center, here, along with its 13 districts throughout Helmand province's 23,000 square miles. (Photo courtesy of the U.K. 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment Public Affairs Office)