Bravo Company commander Cpt. Drew Schoenmaker of the U.S. Marines 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines gathers with his Marines in a abandoned farm house in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)