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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Matthew Howell, left, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Pete Fedak, the Train, Advise, Assist Command East operations officer, wait at the bottom of the rock stairwell during a survey of the Khyber Border Coordination Center near Torkham Gate at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Jan. 4, 2015. Howell is commander, military advisory team and Fedak is an operation officer assigned to Train, Advise, Assist Command East security force.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Matthew Howell, left, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Pete Fedak, the Train, Advise, Assist Command East operations officer, wait at the bottom of the rock stairwell during a survey of the Khyber Border Coordination Center near Torkham Gate at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Jan. 4, 2015. Howell is commander, military advisory team and Fedak is an operation officer assigned to Train, Advise, Assist Command East security force.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Matthew Howell, left, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Pete Fedak, the Train, Advise, Assist Command East operations officer, wait at the bottom of the rock stairwell during a survey of the Khyber Border Coordination Center near Torkham Gate at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Jan. 4, 2015. Howell is commander, military advisory team and Fedak is an operation officer assigned to Train, Advise, Assist Command East security force.

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