Posted: 09/01/2008
HELLMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Aug. 28, 2008) U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Ray Alvarado, assigned to Weapons Company 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, fires a Javelin Missile System at an enemy fighter during a raid in Now Zad, Hellmand, Afghanistan. 2nd Battalion 7th Marines, based out of Marine Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., is a reinforced light infantry Battalion deployed to Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo By Lance Corporal Gene Allen Ainsworth III