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U.S. Air Force Capt. Mary Danner-Jones, a public affairs officer with the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team, teaches an Afghan boy and his sisters to make friendship bracelets during a Girl Scout meeting at Forward Operating Base Finley Shields in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Aug. 21, 2010.

Capt. Mary Danner-Jones teaches an Afghan boy and his sisters to make friendship bracelets.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Mary Danner-Jones, a public affairs officer with the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team, teaches an Afghan boy and his sisters to make friendship bracelets during a Girl Scout meeting at Forward Operating Base Finley Shields in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Aug. 21, 2010.

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