Afghan National Army Staff Sergeant Said Yasin, a platoon

Afghan National Army Staff Sergeant Said Yasin, a platoon sergeant with 3rd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, speaks to a group of local children at a vehicle checkpoint here, March 22, 2012. In addition to advising Afghan forces in the blocks of Marjah, Marines 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment conducted partnered counternarcotics missions with the Afghan National Interdiction Unit in the Bari Desert during Operation Psarlay Taba. The partnered force captured around 26,000 pounds of assorted opium products over the course of the four-month operation. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Reiriz)