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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Rathbun talks with a local villager in Padhvab Shaneh, Afghanistan, on Oct 31, 2007. Rathbun is attached to the Military Police Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Rathbun talks with a local villager.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Rathbun talks with a local villager in Padhvab Shaneh, Afghanistan, on Oct 31, 2007. Rathbun is attached to the Military Police Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division.

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