U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment load boxes of meals, ready to eat in the back of a trailer at Patrol Base Jaker, in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 30, 2009. The 1st Battalion is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan.