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U.S. Army Spc. Giovanni Gonzalez provides security outside a key leader engagement at the Bala Boluk district center in Afghanistan’s Farah province, Dec. 9, 2012. Gonzalez is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. Army Spc. Giovanni Gonzalez provides security outside a key leader engagement at the Bala Boluk district center in Afghanistan’s Farah province, Dec. 9, 2012. Gonzalez is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. Army Spc. Giovanni Gonzalez provides security outside a key leader engagement at the Bala Boluk district center in Afghanistan’s Farah province, Dec. 9, 2012. Gonzalez is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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