Corporal Schuyler Bates, assaultman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Butler, Indiana, provides security during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 28, 2014. The company’s mission was to disrupt Taliban forces in Larr Village and establish a presence in the area. Five days prior to the helicopter-borne mission, the company confiscated two rocket-propelled grenades in the vicinity of the village.