Petty Officer 2nd Class Tinsae Tekleab, a hospital corpsman with Regimental Combat Team 8, and a native of Pasadena, Calif., checks his optical sight before a mission during Operation Black Sand in southern Musa Qal’ah District, Helmand province. Through the combined efforts of 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division (Forward), RCT- 8 and The Republic of Georgia’s 33rd Light Infantry Battalion, the Ladar Bazaar, which insurgents used to manufacture and distribute improvised explosive devices, was destroyed.