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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Dykes shares his pens with local children during a mission to inspect a road project in Kapisa province's Tag Ab district, Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2009. Dykes is a squad leader assigned to the Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Dykes shares his pens with local children during a mission to inspect a road project in Kapisa province's Tag Ab district, Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2009. Dykes is a squad leader assigned to the Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team.

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