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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Steuart surveys the Tarnek River in Shah Joy, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2011. Steuart is a civil engineer assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Steuart surveys the Tarnek River in Shah Joy, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2011. Steuart is a civil engineer assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Steuart surveys the Tarnek River in Shah Joy, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2011. Steuart is a civil engineer assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

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