Focus on Windward Oahu

U.S. Marine Sgt. Jared Carlson, 26 (left), a Kaneohe native and squad leader with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and Sgt. Mario Mendoza plot the location of a compound on a map during a Feb. 16 foot patrol in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, sweeping for enemy weapons and drug caches. Photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez.