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Army First Lt. Zach Lewis, right, a platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, speaks with a village elder played by a South African soldier during situational training for Shared Accord 17 at the South African Army Combat Training Center in Lohatla, July 21, 2017. The elder told the soldiers that a family member had been kidnapped by insurgents and he needed their help. The two-week exercise, which ends Aug. 3, enhances the peacekeeping capabilities of U.S. and African forces. DoD photo by Sean Kimmons

Village Elder

Army First Lt. Zach Lewis, right, a platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, speaks with a village elder played by a South African soldier during situational training for Shared Accord 17 at the South African Army Combat Training Center in Lohatla, July 21, 2017. The elder told the soldiers that a family member had been kidnapped by insurgents and he needed their help. The two-week exercise, which ends Aug. 3, enhances the peacekeeping capabilities of U.S. and African forces. DoD photo by Sean Kimmons

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