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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Rachael Bradley, with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team, hands out winter clothes to a girl during a visit to the women and children sections of Sarposa Prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Dec. 3, 2011. The Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team is a civilian-military organization whose mission is to improve security, governance and infrastructure capacity throughout Kandahar province.

Petty Officer 1st Class Rachael Bradley hands out winter clothes to a girl.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Rachael Bradley, with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team, hands out winter clothes to a girl during a visit to the women and children sections of Sarposa Prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Dec. 3, 2011. The Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team is a civilian-military organization whose mission is to improve security, governance and infrastructure capacity throughout Kandahar province.

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