Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment embrace following the memorial service for their brother-in-arms, Lance Cpl. Caleb L. Erickson, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, March 7. Erickson, of Waseca, Minn., a motor transportation mechanic stationed out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2014.