FORWARD OPERATING BASE INKERMAN, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Sergeant Richard D. Schimkat, a squad leader for the 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, shakes hands with a local Afghan boy next to a wheat field in the village of Sareagar April 16. “Seeing the kids all the time out on patrols and getting to hang out with them motivates me,” said Schimkat, from Lake Havasa City, Ariz.