U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Bates, with Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, attempts to avoid flying debris kicked up by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, while on security at the landing zone in Pur Chaman district, Farah province, Afghanistan, Sept. 26, 2012. The mission marks the first time coalition forces have been to the Pur Chaman district in more than a year. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady, U.S. Air Force/Released.