A Marine honors fallen
Lance Cpl. Robert E. Mills, 20, an automatic rifleman with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, places a helmet on top of the memorial stand for Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Meinert, during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Spin Ghar Jan. 20. Meinert, 20, from Fort Atkinson, Wis., was killed Jan. 10 while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill). Original public domain image from Flickr