Afghan National Army soldiers with Military Police Tolay, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps and U.S. Marines with the Regimental Combat Team 5 embedded training team board a Ch-53 sea stallion helicopter during an air interdiction mission here, Feb. 8. Afghan soldiers searched suspicious vehicles and individuals for narcotics, weapons and improvised explosive device components during this operation in the sparsely populated desert region south of Marjah district, west of the Helmand River.