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U.S. Army 1st Lt . John Billings points out aspects of the mission in the village of Mata Khan in Afghanistan's Paktika province to Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on his annual USO holiday tour, Dec. 15, 2009. Billings is a platoon leader assigned to the 501st Infantry's Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion.

U.S. Army 1st Lt . John Billings points out aspects of the mission in the village of Mata Khan in Afghanistan's Paktika province to Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on his annual USO holiday tour, Dec. 15, 2009. Billings is a platoon leader assigned to the 501st Infantry's Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion.

U.S. Army 1st Lt . John Billings points out aspects of the mission in the village of Mata Khan in Afghanistan's Paktika province to Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on his annual USO holiday tour, Dec. 15, 2009. Billings is a platoon leader assigned to the 501st Infantry's Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion.

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