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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christian Aleman provides security on the Khowst Prevention Headquarters in Khowst City in Afghanistan's Khowst province, March 5, 2012. Aleman is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment. Coalition forces talk weekly about ways to work better and increase support of one another for the security of the province's residents.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christian Aleman provides security on the Khowst Prevention Headquarters in Khowst City in Afghanistan's Khowst province, March 5, 2012. Aleman is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment. Coalition forces talk weekly about ways to work better and increase support of one another for the security of the province's residents.

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