Sep 10, 2009 - Golestan, Farah Province, Afghanistan - US Marine Lcpl Zonell Westfield age 21, from Tennessee of the 2nd MEB of the 2/3 Marines sits by a machine gun in the turret of his humvee after sporadic fighting in the Black Pass, Buji Bast Pass (aka Bhuji Bast) and "Fighting Mountain" aka "Kohe Tengay" which in Pashto means "Three Kings" in Golestan, Farah Province, where US Marines have been deadlocked in a bitter counterinsurgency campaign and conflict with insurgents using mainly Improvise Explosive Devices (IED's).
(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)