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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Perez cuts a board for the construction of three Alaska tents that will be used to house incoming troops at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Aug. 3. 2011. Members of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team assisted Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1.

TENT DESIGN

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Perez cuts a board for the construction of three Alaska tents that will be used to house incoming troops at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Aug. 3. 2011. Members of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team assisted Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1.

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