the 3rd Platoon of Kilo Company in the 5th Marine Regiment was patrolling the farmlands in bloody Sangin in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. When I joined them, they were shot at or ...

Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6, leave a compound in Agha Ahmad, Helmand province, on Aug. 27 as a part of Operation Helmand ...

Defence chiefs in Afghanistan have hailed the first stage of an operation to secure an area of Helmand province a success. Ten soldiers were killed in Operation Panther's Claw, which was aimed at ...