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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Charles W. Douglass leads troops across the Darya-ye-Chamkani River in the Danda Patan district, Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2010. Douglass is the commander of the Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team. The team's troops and others from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gardez Resident Office surveyed two sites on the river for future projects.

RIVER RUSH

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Charles W. Douglass leads troops across the Darya-ye-Chamkani River in the Danda Patan district, Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2010. Douglass is the commander of the Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team. The team's troops and others from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gardez Resident Office surveyed two sites on the river for future projects.

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