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Marines with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, take a knee during a security patrol through the Kajaki green zone, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 18. Bravo Battery Marines patrol the area surrounding the Kajaki Dam daily to keep insurgent fighters pushed back.


Cpl. John T. Gizzi, a Tuckerton, N.J., native and an assistant squad leader with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, scans a tree line for suspicious activity during a patrol through the Kajaki green zone, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 18. “We’ve definitely kept the insurgents on their toes,” said Gizzi, 21. “We’ve been able to push them back further and further and gain some territory.”


Lance Cpl. Nathan T. Buono, a Binghampton, N.Y., native and a provisional rifleman with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, scans for suspicious activity during a patrol through the Kajaki green zone in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 18. During their deployment Marines with Bravo Battery have patrolled constantly to keep insurgents pushed back from the Kajaki Dam. The unit is an artillery outfit by doctrine, although at Kajaki the Marines have found themselves serving as a provisional rifle company.