U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Shaffer, a motor transportation operator with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, pays his respects to the battlefield cross of his friend, Lance Cpl. Caleb L. Erickson, at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, March 7, 2014. Erickson, a motor transportation mechanic, died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2014.