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Sergeant Derrick Organo, a squad leader and machine-gun section leader with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, talks to an Afghan Nation Army soldier at a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013, during Operation Gridlock. "They're pretty good," said Organo, a 23-year-old native of San Francisco. "They knew what to do, and they didn't have to ask us any questions. We're trying to build their confidence in their vehicle checkpoints. When we have a day like today, they know they did well."

Sergeant Derrick Organo, a squad leader and machine-gun section leader with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, talks to an Afghan Nation Army soldier at a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013, during Operation Gridlock. "They're pretty good," said Organo, a 23-year-old native of San Francisco. "They knew what to do, and they didn't have to ask us any questions. We're trying to build their confidence in their vehicle checkpoints. When we have a day like today, they know they did well."

Photo by Sgt. Ned Johnson

An Afghan National Civil Order Police patrolman talks to locals about security in the area at a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013, during Operation Gridlock. The ANCOP partnered with the Afghan National Army and Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to provide security in the area by searching vehicles and personnel.

An Afghan National Civil Order Police patrolman talks to locals about security in the area at a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013, during Operation Gridlock. The ANCOP partnered with the Afghan National Army and Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to provide security in the area by searching vehicles and personnel.

Photo by Sgt. Ned Johnson

An Afghan National Army solider tells a local Afghan to put his arms out for a personnel search at a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013, during Operation Gridlock. Afghan soldiers partnered with Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to search vehicles and personnel in Now Zad district during the weeklong operation.

An Afghan National Army solider tells a local Afghan to put his arms out for a personnel search at a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013, during Operation Gridlock. Afghan soldiers partnered with Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to search vehicles and personnel in Now Zad district during the weeklong operation.

Photo by Sgt. Ned Johnson

An Afghan National Army soldier provides security at a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013, during Operation Gridlock. The ANA partnered with the Afghan National Civil Order Police and Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to search personnel and vehicles on roads in Now Zad District during the weeklong operation.

An Afghan National Army soldier provides security at a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013, during Operation Gridlock. The ANA partnered with the Afghan National Civil Order Police and Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to search personnel and vehicles on roads in Now Zad District during the weeklong operation.

Photo by Sgt. Ned Johnson

An Afghan National Army soldier sets up concertina wire for a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013. With the help of the Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, the Afghan soldiers set up and conducted a vehicle checkpoint to provide security in the area.

An Afghan National Army soldier sets up concertina wire for a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013. With the help of the Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, the Afghan soldiers set up and conducted a vehicle checkpoint to provide security in the area.

Photo by Sgt. Ned Johnson

An Afghan National Army soldier sets up concertina wire for a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013, during Operation Gridlock. The Afghan soldiers partnered with Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to set up and conduct a vehicle checkpoint to provide security in the area.

An Afghan National Army soldier sets up concertina wire for a vehicle checkpoint here, May 21, 2013, during Operation Gridlock. The Afghan soldiers partnered with Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to set up and conduct a vehicle checkpoint to provide security in the area.

Photo by Sgt. Ned Johnson

Cpl. Larry Jackson, a squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, and Han Mamad Lala, an Afghan National Policeman, pose for a picture at an ANP base here, April 4, 2013. Jackson and Lala stood post together for several months during Jackson's first deployment to Now Zad District from October 2009 to March 2010. (Courtesy photo)

Cpl. Larry Jackson, a squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, and Han Mamad Lala, an Afghan National Policeman, pose for a picture at an ANP base here, April 4, 2013. Jackson and Lala stood post together for several months during Jackson's first deployment to Now Zad District from October 2009 to March 2010. (Courtesy photo)

Photo by Sgt. Ned Johnson

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Paul Gates, commanding officer, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, pauses during a dismounted patrol with Afghan National Civil Order Policemen during Operation California in Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 28, 2013.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Paul Gates, commanding officer, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, pauses during a dismounted patrol with Afghan National Civil Order Policemen during Operation California in Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 28, 2013.

Photo by Combat Camera

Kimberly Reese, the family readiness officer for 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, speaks to family members as Marines prepare to march onto the San Mateo parade deck here, on May 13, 2013. Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.

Kimberly Reese, the family readiness officer for 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, speaks to family members as Marines prepare to march onto the San Mateo parade deck here, on May 13, 2013. Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.

Photo by Cpl. Robert Reeves

A sticker hangs on the leg of a tent pole at the welcome home ceremony for the Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013. Families and friends watched their Marines and sailors march onto the parade deck after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.

A sticker hangs on the leg of a tent pole at the welcome home ceremony for the Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013. Families and friends watched their Marines and sailors march onto the parade deck after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.

Photo by Cpl. Robert Reeves

Marines and sailors from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, march onto the Camp San Mateo parade deck here on May 13, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel.

Marines and sailors from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, march onto the Camp San Mateo parade deck here on May 13, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel.

Photo by Cpl. Robert Reeves

Corporal Jonathan Hunter, an infantryman serving Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, a Dallas native, hugs Joanna, his wife, and their daughter on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013 Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii. MARINE CORPS CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., - Corporal Jonathan Hunter, an infantryman serving Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, a Dallas native, hugs Joanna, his wife, and their daughter on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013 Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.

Corporal Jonathan Hunter, an infantryman serving Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, a Dallas native, hugs Joanna, his wife, and their daughter on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013 Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii. MARINE CORPS CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., - Corporal Jonathan Hunter, an infantryman serving Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, a Dallas native, hugs Joanna, his wife, and their daughter on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013 Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.

Photo by Cpl. Robert Reeves

Sergeant Nick Richardson, an Infantryman serving with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and a native of Broken Arrow, Okla., hugs his wife, Lana, after being dismissed from a formation on the San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013. Families and friends watched their Marines and sailors march onto the parade deck after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.

Sergeant Nick Richardson, an Infantryman serving with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and a native of Broken Arrow, Okla., hugs his wife, Lana, after being dismissed from a formation on the San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013. Families and friends watched their Marines and sailors march onto the parade deck after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.

Photo by Cpl. Robert Reeves

Sergeant Nick Richardson, an Infantryman serving with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and a native of Broken Arrow, Okla., hugs his wife, Lana, after being dismissed from a formation on the San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel.

Sergeant Nick Richardson, an Infantryman serving with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and a native of Broken Arrow, Okla., hugs his wife, Lana, after being dismissed from a formation on the San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel.

Photo by Cpl. Robert Reeves

Marines and sailors from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Stand at attention in formation on the parade deck at Camp Pendleton, Calif. on 13 May, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel.

Marines and sailors from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Stand at attention in formation on the parade deck at Camp Pendleton, Calif. on 13 May, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel.

Photo by Cpl. Robert Reeves

Corporal Jonathan Hunter, an infantryman serving Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, a Dallas native, hugs Joanna, his wife, and their daughter on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013 Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.

Corporal Jonathan Hunter, an infantryman serving Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, a Dallas native, hugs Joanna, his wife, and their daughter on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013 Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.

Photo by Cpl. Robert Reeves

Marines with Battery C, 1/11, emplace their weapon in the Rainbow Training Area, as part of 11th Regiment's artillery competition. The battalion faced off against 2nd and 3rd Battalion as well as Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment. The winner of the competition will be announced after the completion of Desert Scimitar, May 5, 2013.

Marines with Battery C, 1/11, emplace their weapon in the Rainbow Training Area, as part of 11th Regiment's artillery competition. The battalion faced off against 2nd and 3rd Battalion as well as Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment. The winner of the competition will be announced after the completion of Desert Scimitar, May 5, 2013.

Photo by Cpl. Ali Azimi

Sergeant Mark Armstrong, a section chief serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, recently returned from back-to-back deployments. Armstrong, a native of Hills, Iowa, works with the M777 Lightweight Howitzer and high mobility artillery rocket system. He recently participated during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-armed training exercise.

Sergeant Mark Armstrong, a section chief serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, recently returned from back-to-back deployments. Armstrong, a native of Hills, Iowa, works with the M777 Lightweight Howitzer and high mobility artillery rocket system. He recently participated during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-armed training exercise.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Marines serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, load a high explosive round into an M777 Lightweight Howitzer during exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 2, 2013. During the Exercise, Marines participated in 24-hour operations, launching high explosive and illumination rounds.

Marines serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, load a high explosive round into an M777 Lightweight Howitzer during exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 2, 2013. During the Exercise, Marines participated in 24-hour operations, launching high explosive and illumination rounds.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Corporal Edwin Aguinaldo Jr., a section chief serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, and Cpl. John Hoskins, Aguinaldo's assistant section chief, make adjustments to an M777 Lightweight Howitzer during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a live-fire training exercise, here, May 2, 2013. Aguinaldo, a native of Kapolie, Hawaii, and Hoskins, a native of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., worked with several Marines to fire the weapon. The exercise focused on the training and preparation of 1st Marine Division as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

Corporal Edwin Aguinaldo Jr., a section chief serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, and Cpl. John Hoskins, Aguinaldo's assistant section chief, make adjustments to an M777 Lightweight Howitzer during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a live-fire training exercise, here, May 2, 2013. Aguinaldo, a native of Kapolie, Hawaii, and Hoskins, a native of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., worked with several Marines to fire the weapon. The exercise focused on the training and preparation of 1st Marine Division as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

1st Marine Division