U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. David Bradney, left, battalion commander, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (1/7), Regimental Combat Team 6, and interpreter Farhaad, right, speak with a local Afghan national about the current situation in his village while on patrol outside of Patrol Base Fires, Helmand province, Afghanistan April 24, 2012. The man asked for assistance from the Marine Corps and the local government in providing the people of the village with a new pump to supply them with fresh water.