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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Greg Lins greets a local Afghan boy inside a qalat of a girls' school in the village of Mangas in Afghanistan's Khowst province, July 7, 2012. Lins, a platoon leader, is assigned to the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 377th Field Artillery Regiment.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Greg Lins greets a local Afghan boy inside a qalat of a girls' school in the village of Mangas in Afghanistan's Khowst province, July 7, 2012. Lins, a platoon leader, is assigned to the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 377th Field Artillery Regiment.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Greg Lins greets a local Afghan boy inside a qalat of a girls' school in the village of Mangas in Afghanistan's Khowst province, July 7, 2012. Lins, a platoon leader, is assigned to the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 377th Field Artillery Regiment.

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