U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment play cards during their rest period at the company's forward operating base in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 5, 2009. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade–Afghanistan are deployed in support of NATO's International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counter insurgency operations and the training and mentoring of Afghan security forces.