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