Follow Me (46 images)
At a small patrol base in western Marjah, the Marines of 1st Platoon are trying their best to fight the Counterinsurgency war their superiors ask them too. Working to build the trust of the locals, sharing the burdens of their Afghan counterparts, and hunting Taliban fighters, they are a textbook example of the COIN approach the think tanks and members of the Obama administration argue about. Cpl. Manny Jimenez lost his arm on one of the daily patrols that end in fighting here. He has a large...
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