theatlantic:

In Focus: Afghanistan, January 2012

Men of 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, during an operation near the end of their third deployment in three years in Afghanistan. They were securing route 611, which runs Kajaki Sofla, an area that had long been a safe haven for insurgent sub-commanders and for arms and drug trafficking. See more.
[Image: Cpl. James Clark/USMC]


a powerful selection of photographs. 

theatlantic:

In Focus: Afghanistan, January 2012

Men of 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, during an operation near the end of their third deployment in three years in Afghanistan. They were securing route 611, which runs Kajaki Sofla, an area that had long been a safe haven for insurgent sub-commanders and for arms and drug trafficking. See more.

[Image: Cpl. James Clark/USMC]

a powerful selection of photographs.