May God bless and protect our troops.

A US Marine from 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment keeps watch outside a new police station in Garmser, Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on February 28, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban. (AFP PHOTO/ADEK BERRY)

A US Marine of the 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment stands guard in front of a shop during a patrol in Garmser, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan on February 27, 2011. The US Marines have deployed some 40 Female Marines in Helmand province and Nimruz for a programme called Female Engagement Team (FETs) to interact with Afghan civilians specifically women and children. (AFP PHOTO/ADEK BERRY)

S Marines of the 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment guard an entourage as they walk towards a new police station in Garmser, Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on February 28, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban. (AFP PHOTO/ADEK BERRY)

A US marine of the 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment walks with Afghan children during a patrol in Garmser, Helmand province southern Afghanistan on February 27, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban. (AFP PHOTO/ADEK BERRY)

A US marine of the 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment walks past burqa clad Afghan women during a patrol in Garmser, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan on February 27, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/ADEK BERRY)

U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company smoke while riding on the back of a vehicle in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 27, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)

US Marines of the 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment handle mortar shells after their unit found more than 40 mortar shells in the compound of a house during a patrol in Garmser, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on February 26, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban. (AFP PHOTO/ADEK BERRY)

US Marines 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment members guard the area after finding a Rocket-propelled Grenade (RPG) during a patrol in Garmser, southern Afghanistan on February 19, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban insurgents. (AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY)