Mail Call at One Five

One Five Marines sort mail on Patrol Base Jaker in Helmand province's Aug 23, 2009.
USMC photo Lance Cpl. James Purschwitz

Honor Guard for an dead Afghan Soldier

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Joe Hamilton, an artillery officer attached to one five, takes cover from the wind blast of a SH-3H Sea King helicopter leaving Patrol Base Jaker,Aug. 21, 2009 with the body of a dead Afghan National Army soldier . The Marines of the 1st Battalion assisted as honor guard for the soldier killed fighting the Taliban in his country. USMC photo William Greeson

MK-19 ORC Ready

Patrol Base Jaker post with a MK-19 automatic grenade launcher mounted LOCK AND LOAD READY, for ORC contact. The Mk 19 fires 40mm grenades. This bad boy can make poison arrows fall from the sky and the pillars of Heaven shake at a rate of 60 grenades per minute. YOU Got a Problem with that? The MK19 has minimum kickback. In fact, Its a pussy cat. You know what that means? Do you? It means this can Hold perfectly STILL and KILL from any flat surface you happen to have. Any. Anywhere. Boat. Whatever. How can it do that? I hear you say. Well, boys and girls, this ORC CHILD KILLER uses the blowback effect from the chamber pressure from each round fired to reload and re-cock (just like your old DI explained about your M-14) ahh, but that's not all, you too can have a more exciting life as you learn that this beauty can lob grenades at ORC CHILD KILLERS 1,500 meters away. Maybe even further? Humm. USMC photo Staff Sgt. William Greeson