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U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Josh Ives, left, listens in as a photojournalism course is translated for students at the Directorate of Women's Affairs building in Farah City, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2013. Ives, a hospital corpsman and team photographer, is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Josh Ives, left, listens in as a photojournalism course is translated for students at the Directorate of Women's Affairs building in Farah City, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2013. Ives, a hospital corpsman and team photographer, is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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