U.S. Marines with Helicopter Support Team, Combat Logistics Battalion 8 prepare to attach an M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer to a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter at the landing zone on Fire Base Fiddler's Green in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Sept. 28, 2009. The Marines are transporting howitzers to broaden 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment's support of Regimental Combat Team 3, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.