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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Bleiler, right, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Benedict Zilka discuss future engineer training and projects for Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Jan. 5, 2014. Behind them, an Afghan soldier uses a grader to level the area that will become the base's new expanded ammunition control point. Bleiler is assigned to the 333rd Engineer Company and Zilka is assigned to the 284th Engineer Company.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Bleiler, right, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Benedict Zilka discuss future engineer training and projects for Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Jan. 5, 2014. Behind them, an Afghan soldier uses a grader to level the area that will become the base's new expanded ammunition control point. Bleiler is assigned to the 333rd Engineer Company and Zilka is assigned to the 284th Engineer Company.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Bleiler, right, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Benedict Zilka discuss future engineer training and projects for Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Jan. 5, 2014. Behind them, an Afghan soldier uses a grader to level the area that will become the base's new expanded ammunition control point. Bleiler is assigned to the 333rd Engineer Company and Zilka is assigned to the 284th Engineer Company.

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