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U.S. Army Capt. Timothy Walton, right, and U.S. Army Pfc. Gimbala Sankare, left, conduct a meeting with the Marawara district governor in the Marawara District Center in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2013. Walton and Sankare are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Capt. Timothy Walton, right, and U.S. Army Pfc. Gimbala Sankare, left, conduct a meeting with the Marawara district governor in the Marawara District Center in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2013. Walton and Sankare are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Capt. Timothy Walton, right, and U.S. Army Pfc. Gimbala Sankare, left, conduct a meeting with the Marawara district governor in the Marawara District Center in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2013. Walton and Sankare are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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