cpl. evan sneed, a police mentoring team marine and danville, va., native, crosses a foot bridge outside of patrol base hasanabad at the start of a security patrol sept. 7.

sgt. mathew roell, a pmt marine originally from regimental combat team 3 personal security detail and an indianapolis, ind., native; petty officer 3rd class ryan tucker, corpsman with the pmt and arrington park, n.j., native, and cpl. joshua johnston, a pmt marine, rayne, la., post security on the outside of a compound wall while waiting for it to be cleared sept. 7.

first lt. colin duffy, police mentoring team commander and thousand oaks, calif., native, stands on the back of indianapolis, ind., native sgt. mathew roell, so he can look over the wall into a compound being cleared by marines and afghan border police sept. 7.

police mentoring team marines cpl. evan snead, danville, va.; and cpl. joshua johnston, rayne, la., post themselves on top of a building as designated marksmen to provide an overwatch position for the marines clearing the nearby compounds sept. 7.