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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Torres-Cortes points to a language translation card with the phrase “point to it” while patrolling the Wadawu valley during Operation Silver Creek in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7, 2009. Torres-Cortes is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. U.S. troops are issued the cards, which offer basic phrases in Afghanistan's native languages, before deploying.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Torres-Cortes points to a language translation card with the phrase “point to it” while patrolling the Wadawu valley during Operation Silver Creek in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7, 2009. Torres-Cortes is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. U.S. troops are issued the cards, which offer basic phrases in Afghanistan's native languages, before deploying.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Torres-Cortes points to a language translation card with the phrase “point to it” while patrolling the Wadawu valley during Operation Silver Creek in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7, 2009. Torres-Cortes is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. U.S. troops are issued the cards, which offer basic phrases in Afghanistan's native languages, before deploying.

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