A Highly Mobile Multi Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) driven by Marines of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, patrols the vicinity to provide security for the convoy during a long security halt in the Khowst-Gardez Pass, Afghanistan on December 29, 2004. 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines is conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal James L. Yarboro) Released