A Marine with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command provides security at a landing zone in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand Province March 28. Marines with MARSOC's 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion recently returned from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan, where they commanded the Special Operations Task Force - West and oversaw one of Afghanistan's bloodiest regions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle McNally/Released) - A Marine with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command provides security at a landing zone in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand Province March 28. Marines with MARSOC's 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion recently returned from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan, where they commanded the Special Operations Task Force - West and oversaw one of Afghanistan's bloodiest regions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle McNally/Released)

Members of the U.S. Special Forces talk with two men before a security Shura in Gereshk, Gereshk district, Helmand province, Nov. 24. Members of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, alongside Coalition forces representatives held a security Shura in hopes of urging local citizens to take responsibility for the further stabilization of the area. - Members of the U.S. Special Forces talk with two men before a security Shura in Gereshk, Gereshk district, Helmand province, Nov. 24. Members of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, alongside Coalition forces representatives held a security Shura in hopes of urging local citizens to take responsibility for the further stabilization of the area.