U.S. Marine Cpl. Eamon LeBlanc Shoemaker with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment waits to leave a patrol base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 26, 2009. Fox Company is conducting patrols outside Patrol Base Hasan Abad to restrict insurgents' freedom of movement. U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan are deployed to support NATO's International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counter insurgency operations. They also will train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces to improve security and stability in the country.