PATROL BASE 302, Afghanistan (AP) — One small U.S. Marine base in southern Afghanistan is surrounded on three sides by bomb-infested farmland and ever-changing Taliban firing positions. The base is reachable only by foot, on the fourth side, by way of a path they call the Serpentine.
In this Aug. 27, 2011 photo, a U.S. Marine with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3/4 Marines, looks out from behind sandbags during an exchange of fire with Taliban militants, at Patrol Base 302, in the Gesresk Valley, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. The Marines of 3rd Platoon who live inside the mud-walled compound of PB-302 face Taliban militants who regularly attack the base from multiple directions using launched grenades, sniper rifles, and AK-47s. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
The unit of infantrymen and snipers occupies a traditional Afghan mud-walled compound called Patrol Base 302 in the Gereshk Valley of Helmand province, where fighting persists nearly 10 years after the war began.
U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3/4 Marines are close to the end of their deployment. All have known fellow Marines killed or maimed by enemy explosives and bullets.
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