Lest we forget who’s making the real sacrifices for this country.
US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo have a rest after a patrol in Zalmabad village in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 22, 2011. A 140,000-strong force of NATO-led international troops stationed in Afghanistan currently fighting Taliban-led insurgency is now entering its tenth year. (AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV)
US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo look on as they sit on the ground during an operation in Zalmabad village in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 23, 2011. A 140,000-strong force of NATO-led international troops stationed in Afghanistan currently fighting Taliban-led insurgency is now entering its tenth year. (AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV)
US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo prepare at their base as part of an operation in Zalmabad village in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 22, 2011. (AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV)
US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo walk in line during an operation in Zalmabad village in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 24, 2011. (AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV)
US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo prepare to fire their weapons in their fortification during an operation not far from Shir Chazay in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 22, 2011. A 140,000-strong force of NATO-led international troops stationed in Afghanistan currently fighting Taliban-led insurgency is now entering its tenth year. (AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV)
US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo patrol during an operation near Zalmabad village in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 23, 2011. A 140,000-strong force of NATO-led international troops stationed in Afghanistan currently fighting Taliban-led insurgency is now entering its tenth year. (AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV)
Sgt. Quincey Northern of Lousiana,left, a medic with the United States Army’s Task Force Shadow “Dust Off”, Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment leads Marines as they carry an Afghan civilian wounded by insurgent gunfire on a stretcher to a waiting medevac helicopter in southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
A US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo knees on the ground during an operation in Zalmabad village in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 23, 2011. A 140,000-strong force of NATO-led international troops stationed in Afghanistan currently fighting Taliban-led insurgency is now entering its tenth year. (AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV)
US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo look on during an operation in Zalmabad village in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 23, 2011. (AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV)