U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Andrew Giermann takes an Afghan boy�s hand during a recent visit to Rechah Lam, a village in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, March 11, 2006. Giermann, of the Scout Sniper Platoon of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, joined other Marines in distributing food, blankets, clothing and toys. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Joe Lindsay