Capt. Jesse Hills, the team leader of Team 3, Civil Affairs Detachment 11-2, climbs a dump truck to inspect the contents during a patrol in Khan Neshin, Afghanistan, Feb. 29, 2012. The truck was carrying gravel to place over a culvert in the road. Afghans are currently paving a road in Khan Neshin, equipped with culverts to allow canals to pass though to the surrounding farms. The road is a civil affairs –initiated project to help the locals build an infrastructure on their own. Hills is a 28-year-old native of Terre Haute, Ind., who served as an intelligence officer with 11th Marine Regiment before detaching to the civil affairs team. - Capt. Jesse Hills, the team leader of Team 3, Civil Affairs Detachment 11-2, climbs a dump truck to inspect the contents during a patrol in Khan Neshin, Afghanistan, Feb. 29, 2012. The truck was carrying gravel to place over a culvert in the road. Afghans are currently paving a road in Khan Neshin, equipped with culverts to allow canals to pass though to the surrounding farms. The road is a civil affairs –initiated project to help the locals build an infrastructure on their own. Hills is a 28-year-old native of Terre Haute, Ind., who served as an intelligence officer with 11th Marine Regiment before detaching to the civil affairs team.
Staff Sgt. Alimare S. Ferrer, civil affairs team chief, Team 2, Civil Affairs Group, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, speaks with an interpreter and Iraqi contractor to discuss the plans for a new school being built in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 12. - Staff Sgt. Alimare S. Ferrer, civil affairs team chief, Team 2, Civil Affairs Group, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, speaks with an interpreter and Iraqi contractor to discuss the plans for a new school being built in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 12.
Major Mark DeVito, team leader, 3rd Civil Affairs Group, TF 2/7, and San Diego, Calif., native, along with his British Army counterparts talks to a local Afghan man near Patrol Base Nabi, during a patrol, Sept. 2. By constantly patrolling “outside the wire” and regularly engaging the local populace, CAG Marines can determine the needs of the Afghan people and identify the best ways to improve quality of life for local residents. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Cushman) - Major Mark DeVito, team leader, 3rd Civil Affairs Group, TF 2/7, and San Diego, Calif., native, along with his British Army counterparts talks to a local Afghan man near Patrol Base Nabi, during a patrol, Sept. 2. By constantly patrolling “outside the wire” and regularly engaging the local populace, CAG Marines can determine the needs of the Afghan people and identify the best ways to improve quality of life for local residents. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Cushman)
Chief Warrant Officer Shane M. Duhe, a civil affairs team leader, Detachment 3, Team 5, Regimental Combat Team 1, hands out a soccer ball to a young Iraqi child during a civil affairs operation in Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 5. The soccer ball contains the name of PFC Nick A. Madaras, an Army soldier who was killed while conducting combat operations in Iraq. The soccer balls represent a goal Madaras had to pass out soccer balls to the children of Iraq. - Chief Warrant Officer Shane M. Duhe, a civil affairs team leader, Detachment 3, Team 5, Regimental Combat Team 1, hands out a soccer ball to a young Iraqi child during a civil affairs operation in Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 5. The soccer ball contains the name of PFC Nick A. Madaras, an Army soldier who was killed while conducting combat operations in Iraq. The soccer balls represent a goal Madaras had to pass out soccer balls to the children of Iraq.