Lance Cpl. Ryan Gerrity talks with children during a security patrol in Kuchiney Darvishan.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ryan Gerrity (right), a fire team leader with 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, talks with children during a security patrol in Kuchiney Darvishan, Helmand province, Afghanistan, near a canal from which he helped rescue nine Afghans on Dec. 12, 2011.