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Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III and Brig. Gen. James Nicholson share a laugh with a Marine instructor during a tour of the Joint Security Academy Southwest in Afghanistan, on Oct. 27, 2010. The Joint Security Academy Southwest is a training facility where U.S. Marines and navy corpsmen train Afghan soldiers and police during an eight-week course covering explosive ordinance disposal, medical, driving and marksmanship among other things.

Deputy Secretary Lynn and Brig. Gen. James Nicholson share a laugh with a Marine instructor.

Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III and Brig. Gen. James Nicholson share a laugh with a Marine instructor during a tour of the Joint Security Academy Southwest in Afghanistan, on Oct. 27, 2010. The Joint Security Academy Southwest is a training facility where U.S. Marines and navy corpsmen train Afghan soldiers and police during an eight-week course covering explosive ordinance disposal, medical, driving and marksmanship among other things.

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