U.S. Marines from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Lance Corporal Chris Sanderson (rear) and Sergeant Travis Dawson (front) protect an Afghan man and his child after Taliban fighters opened fire in the town of Marjah, in Nad Ali district of Helmand province, February 2010.

Some of my very under represented salads ; ;

Marine Veteran Micah Herndon Crawls Across Finish Line at Boston Marathon – A Matter of Honor for Fallen Friends

The Marine Corps Times reported that Micah Herndon, 31, deployed to Marjah, Afghanistan in 2010 with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines (aka “Lava Dogs”). Monday’s Boston Marathon revealed that Micah was going to honor his fallen friends no matter what. When he began to experience severe leg cramps, he fell to the ground and crawled across the finish line.

Micah is no stranger to difficulties.…

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, take cover behind a berm after receiving accurate fire from Taliban forces in the city of Marja, Afghanistan on February 13, 2010, during Operation Moshtarak.

On February 13, 2010, U.S. and NATO troops launched Operation Moshtarak, which was a crucial offensive against the Taliban's last biug stronghold of Marjah, Afghanistan.

Pictured above: U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, react to incoming Taliban fire during combat operations in Marjah, Afghanistan, February, 2010.

The Marines and sailors with 1/6 took part in Operation Moshtarak, which was the second largest offensive in the history of Operation Enduring Freedom and was aimed at wresting the city of Marjah from Taliban control.

Gunnery Sgt. Troy W. Gans, platoon sergeant for Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, walks through a dry irrigation canal on February 14, 2010, during a patrol with Marines of Charlie Company, 1/3.

During the patrol, Marines made their first contact with village elders in the Five Points area before engaging with Taliban fighters.

Cpl. Thomas Gibbons-Neff, assigned to 1st battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, awaits orders while standing in the courtyard of a house his unit used as a temporary base of operations, during Operation Moshtarek in Marjah, Afghanistan, in February 2010.

Lance Cpl. Daniel Garner (left) and Lance Cpl. Chris Ducharme, both with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, investigate a possible improvised explosive device while on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 22, 2010.

U.S. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers patrolled through a residential area of the city to carry out counterinsurgency operations as part of Operation Moshtarak.