India Company responding to the Dealer 54 crash site. Trek Nawa, Afghanistan. July 2010.

TREK NAWA, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ñ Men from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and Afghan Army soldiers step it out toward a helicopter crash during the first day of Operation Thresher in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, July 23, 2010. The men were the first group on foot to make it to the crash site, which was more than three miles away. India Company Marines and Afghan Army soldiers conducted the clearing mission to remove weapons caches, disrupt Taliban activity and interact with the local populace. During the first day of the operation a helicopter crash caused the Marines to temporarily shift their mission and pause the operation. India Company resumed days later and completed the operation July 27. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mark Fayloga)