U.S. Navy Seaman Garry Phillip, right, a corpsman attached to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, talks with an Afghan man while on patrol in Boldak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2013. The company established temporary patrol bases and conducted dismounted patrols over the course of three days to build relations with area residents and counter any insurgent presence in the area.