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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ismael Ibanez constructs a birdhouse with an Afghan child at the bazaar school at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2010. Ibanez is a client system journeyman assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Communications Squadron.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ismael Ibanez constructs a birdhouse with an Afghan child at the bazaar school at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2010. Ibanez is a client system journeyman assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Communications Squadron.

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