U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Spear, a corpsman serving with the Police Advisor Team, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, speaks to Afghan Uniformed Police patrolman Mohammad Nasim in Uzbek, Nasim’s native language, during a patrol, March 24, 2012. Nasim and his team of uniformed police are from northern Afghanistan where they primarily speak Uzbek and some Dari, but are stationed in southern Helmand province among a predominantly Pashto population. Nasim said the language and culture barrier is a difficult obstacle when speaking to the villagers here, but showing respect and courtesy to local residents pays off. Spear is a 27-year-old native of Happy, Texas.