U.S. Marine Corps Lt. John Schippert, platoon commander of Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and an interpreter talk to Afghan children while conducting a security patrol in the Nawa district of the Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 9, 2009. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is a ground combat element deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, which conducts counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.