HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Nov. 6, 2009)

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Eric Nobriga, assigned to Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) 2, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, participates in a security patrol in Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is a ground combat element deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7 conducting counterinsurgency operations with Afghan national security forces in Southern Afghanistan.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James Purschwitz/Released)