Face of Defense: Marine Earns Afghan People’s Friendship

Face of Defense: Marine Earns Afghan People’s Friendship

By Marine Corps Cpl. Colby Brown
Regimental Combat Team 1
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan, July 27, 2011 – It looks like Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Hernandez is teaching an anatomy class, but he’s actually learning the local language as he points to a boy’s arms, legs, ears and eyes, naming each in Pashto.

Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Hernandez interacts with local men during a security patrol in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, July 8, 2011. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Colby Brown Related Entries Face of Defense: Marine Earns Silver Star for Valor Face of Defense: Haitian Marine Earns U.S. Citizenship Face of Defense: Marine Shooter Earns Spot on Team USA Face of Defense: Ammo Tech Earns Inaugural Award Recent Entries Influence of Neighboring Plants on Shading Stress Resistance and Recovery of Eelgrass, Zostera marina L Visualizing Active Enzyme Complexes Using a Photoreactive Inhibitor for Proximity Ligation – Application on γ-Secretase Pemetrexed Induced Thymidylate Synthase Inhibition in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study with 3′-Deoxy-3′-[18F]fluorothymidine Positron Emission Tomography Short- and Long-Term Effects of Interleukin-2 Treatment on the Sensitivity of Periadolescent Female Mice to Interleukin-2 and Dopamine Uptake Inhibitor Chromosomal Evolution in Tortricid Moths: Conserved Karyotypes with Diverged Features Featured Video Twitter Updates follow Elites TV on Twitter Elites TV • a KBC Media Company • Copyright © 2009 • All Rights Reserved • Editor: Chris Barrett • Fitness: Fit Lizzy • PR: PRserve