Local children interact with Afghan National Army Pvt.

Local children interact with Afghan National Army Pvt. Barad (left), a soldier with 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, while he provides security outside a compound as fellow soldiers and U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, search the compound for narcotics and insurgent materiel during Operation Zema Parma Sar Tera (Don't Tread On Me) here, April 1, 2012. Afghan National Security Forces and Marines are conducting a variety of missions throughout Helmand province's Garmsir district ahead of the annual fighting season built around the harvest of illicit poppy crops.