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U.S. Navy Special Operations Master Chief Robert Edwards, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Robert S. Harward and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins listen as U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435 in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2010. The joint task force has the responsibility for U.S. detention and correction. Edwards is its senior enlisted leader and Harward is its commander.

TASK FORCE TEAM

U.S. Navy Special Operations Master Chief Robert Edwards, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Robert S. Harward and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins listen as U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435 in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2010. The joint task force has the responsibility for U.S. detention and correction. Edwards is its senior enlisted leader and Harward is its commander.

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