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U.S. troops and local Afghans are reflected in the sunglasses of U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Bobbe during a key leader engagement in the Lash-e Juwayn district in Afghanistan's Farah province, Dec. 11, 2012. Bobbe is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. troops and local Afghans are reflected in the sunglasses of U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Bobbe during a key leader engagement in the Lash-e Juwayn district in Afghanistan's Farah province, Dec. 11, 2012. Bobbe is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. troops and local Afghans are reflected in the sunglasses of U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Bobbe during a key leader engagement in the Lash-e Juwayn district in Afghanistan's Farah province, Dec. 11, 2012. Bobbe is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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