 Lance Corporal Kavin Huckabee has taken part in quite a few dismounted patrols This being his second deployment to Afghanistan last one it We're in a redown singing a typical patrol We would we would run into a lot of IEDs though. IEDs were a very huge threat For Huckabee the Afghanistan he knew has changed with a major difference being the interaction with the locals They don't know us that well Compared to like last point last one that they saw us every day here They don't see us every day and they seem welcome though. They enjoy seeing us there. They seem relieved at the same time The reason for this change the growing responsibilities of the Afghan National Army our mission right now isn't necessary to go out and find Locate close with and find the Taliban that's not really a mission our mission right now is to Guide advise and direct the ANA So they can do their operation so they can go out and find When their country back, but perhaps the biggest and most positive difference Huckabee has noticed We haven't since the three patrols. I've been on it since any of the platoons Been on patrols that we haven't found a single IED So that's a that's a huge plus because they aren't planning it doesn't seem the Taliban's planning IEDs to target us Marines at Musa Kaila continue to conduct security patrols and advise the ANA as they prepare to turn control of the fob over to The Afghans in the near future Thanks Corporal John Tucker Musa Kaila Afghanistan