Cpl. Mahmoud Bowler speaks with an Afghan farmer.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mahmoud Bowler, a warehouse clerk with Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, speaks with an Afghan farmer in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 18, 2009. The Marines are deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan.