An Afghan child waves at U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jordan L. Bass, platoon leader for 3rd Platoon, Mad Dog Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment from Vilseck, Germany, during a patrol near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, April 13. Bass, a Jacksonville, Ala., native, and his platoon strive to gain the support of local Afghan communities, so they can better defeat the insurgency.