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U.S. Army Col. Richard Johnson, left, and Afghan border police hand out school supplies to local Afghan school girls during a humanitarian aid mission in Jalalabad City in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, May 25, 2013. Johnson is commander of the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, Female Engagement Team and Afghan Border Police Zone 1, Security Forces Advise and Assistance Team.

U.S. Army Col. Richard Johnson, left, and Afghan border police hand out school supplies to local Afghan school girls during a humanitarian aid mission in Jalalabad City in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, May 25, 2013. Johnson is commander of the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, Female Engagement Team and Afghan Border Police Zone 1, Security Forces Advise and Assistance Team.

U.S. Army Col. Richard Johnson, left, and Afghan border police hand out school supplies to local Afghan school girls during a humanitarian aid mission in Jalalabad City in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, May 25, 2013. Johnson is commander of the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, Female Engagement Team and Afghan Border Police Zone 1, Security Forces Advise and Assistance Team.

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