U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Donnie Farmer, a Grants Pass, Ore., native serving with the Georgia Liaison Team 10, Regional Command (Southwest), jokes with two Afghan children outside of Combat Outpost Eredvi, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 5, 2013. Farmer spoke with the children during a halt in a security patrol, when Georgian soldiers stopped to speak with local nationals near the base.