A U.S. Marine with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable),
Batallion Landing Team 3/6, hunkers down as Marines prepare to conduct a Cordon
and Search Raid at a suspected al Quaeda hideout in the Helmand Province of
Afghanistan on Jan. 01, 2002. U.S. Marines are in Afghanistan operating in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Johnny Bivera)