'America's Battalion' In Afghanistan
Marines Seek To Tame Afghan 'Snake's Head'
[8 min 12 sec]
November 3, 2009
Tuesday's Show
David Gilkey/NPRMarines Seek To Tame Afghan 'Snake's Head'
()The Marines in Afghanistan's Helmand province are pursuing a counterinsurgency strategy of "hold to build" — pushing out the Taliban and helping the Afghan government bring a sense of normalcy to villages in a region known as the "snake's head."
