Staff Sergeant Derrick Hancock, Khowst Province, Afghanistan. February 2005

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Derrick Hancock, a platoon sergeant with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, talks to the elders of a local village about security and other issues of concern while on a security patrol in the Khowst province of Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2005. Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James Yarboro/Released)