Afghan National Army soldiers with 1st Brigade, 1st

Afghan National Army soldiers with 1st Brigade, 1st Kandak, 215th Corps talk to a local Afghan national during a clearing operation with U.S. Marines from 81mm Mortars Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (3/8), Regimental Combat Team 5 in Shorshurack, Helmand province, Afghanistan June 4, 2012. The ANA soldiers led a two-day compound clearance operation with 3/8. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cesar N. Contreras)