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U.S. Army Pfc. Richard Mills greets a shy Afghan girl in Shinkai, Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2011. Mills is a rifleman assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and is deployed from Company C, 182nd Infantry Division, Massachusetts National Guard.

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U.S. Army Pfc. Richard Mills greets a shy Afghan girl in Shinkai, Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2011. Mills is a rifleman assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and is deployed from Company C, 182nd Infantry Division, Massachusetts National Guard.

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