U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Marco Mendoza, a corpsman, and Lt. Kurt Eifling, battalion surgeon, both with Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Regimental Combat Team 8, lift a box of medical supplies for a community health initiative in Kakar village, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 1, 2011. The intent of the CHI was to establish relationships between local residents and local doctors as well as to show Afghans the benefits of supporting the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan instead of the Taliban insurgency. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in support of the International Security Assistance Force.