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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth Bower (right) and Spc. Robert Quinn, with Charlie Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, interact with children during a dismounted patrol through Popal colony in Kandahar City, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 5, 2010.

Staff Sgt. Kenneth Bower and Spc. Robert Quinn interact with children during a dismounted patrol.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth Bower (right) and Spc. Robert Quinn, with Charlie Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, interact with children during a dismounted patrol through Popal colony in Kandahar City, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 5, 2010.

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