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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Joel Beaulieu escorts members of the provincial government and the provincial reconstruction team off a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to attend a shura with local elders in the Purchaman district of Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 26, 2011. Beaulieu is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Joel Beaulieu escorts members of the provincial government and the provincial reconstruction team off a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to attend a shura with local elders in the Purchaman district of Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 26, 2011. Beaulieu is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Joel Beaulieu escorts members of the provincial government and the provincial reconstruction team off a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to attend a shura with local elders in the Purchaman district of Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 26, 2011. Beaulieu is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment.

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