Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen speaks to Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 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.