Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen observes the area of operations of Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, while eating lunch at Forward Operating Base Bakwa, Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Dec. 21. Mullen visited Marines and Sailors assigned to 3/8, the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, and train and mentor the Afghan national police.