A Battlefield Tourist

Mail Call

Apr 21 at 2:02pm by David Tate

In January and February 2009, US Marines with India Co., 3rd Battalion, Eighth Marines launched two operations to clear a road, called Route 515, that connected two district center in Farah Province, Afghanistan.  The two cities, Deleram and Bakwa, are the hubs of social and financial activity for thousands of Afghans.  The Marines objective is to open this road to allow people to get their goods to market and to stop Taliban and smugglers from making their way to and from Iran.

One of the first signs of success though is in the shape of brownies and smiles as the US mail uses this new route to keep troop morale high in a difficult environment.