Light armored vehicles with C Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, roll through the desert landscape of southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 8. During their deployment, 3rd LAR Marines have spent weeks and months at a time roving the open desert conducting interdictions against insurgent narcotics and weapons smuggling. - Light armored vehicles with C Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, roll through the desert landscape of southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 8. During their deployment, 3rd LAR Marines have spent weeks and months at a time roving the open desert conducting interdictions against insurgent narcotics and weapons smuggling.