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1 Combat Camera Weekly AFGHANISTAN EDITION: October 17, 2010 We have A Rendezvous With Destiny! FOR PUBLIC RELEASE For media queries contact RC-E Public Affairs at cjtf101jocpao@afghan.swa.army.mil Visit us at for more information and images on our mission in Afghanistan

2 Afghan Border Patrol provides security at the Loewan-Kala village Terezayi district, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/Released)

3 Afghan Soldiers provide security in the Loewan-Kala village, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/Released)

4 U.S. Army Capt. Joey Keller, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), discusses security with villagers at the Ali-Shur bazaar, Terezayi district, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/Released)

5 U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Bobby Holt, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), patrols in Churgatah, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/Released)

6 U.S. Army Sgt. Shane Brady, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), searches for a suspected enemy cache in Churgatah, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 29, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/Released)

7 An Afghan child in Pansh Pai village, Khewar district, Logar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean P. Casey/ Released)

8 U.S. Army Spc. Zach Larson, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), provides security in Churgatah, Khost province, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/Released)

9 Afghan National Army in the Dewagal valley in Konar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 4, (U.S Army photo by Pfc. Cameron Boyd/Released)

10 U.S. Army Spc. Albert Snow, Putney, Vt., 1st platoon, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron of the 172nd Cavalry Regiment, provides security in the Jabal Saraj district, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kristina Gupton/Released)

11 An Afghan National Policeman and a Soldier from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, Comanche Troop assemble a swing set during Operation Herat IV in the school yard of Mangokhel, Kherwar district, Logar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean P. Casey/ Released)

12 Afghan leaders cut a ribbon in celebration of the opening of Khalid Bin Walid Takya High School in Salar, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Donald Watkins/Released)

13 An Afghan National Army Soldier studies over his chart of English letters, at Combat Outpost Sayed Abad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Donald Watkins/Released)

14 An Afghan National Police officer and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Taylor Sivley, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, Comanche Troop assemble a swing for a school in Pansh Pai village, Kherwar district, Logar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean P. Casey/ Released)

15 U.S. Army Capt. Kevin Smith, Midway, Calif., 2nd platoon, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, receives a certificate of appreciation for his unit s assistance with building the Khalid Bin Walid Takya High School in Salar district, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Donald Watkins/Released)

16 Afghan children from Pansh Pai village compete to get on a swing set built and delivered by the Afghan National Police and Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, Comanche Troop, Kherwar district, Logar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean P. Casey/Released)

17 A Soldier with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, Comanche Troop waits for a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter to land at Pansh Pai village, Kherwar District, Logar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean P. Casey/Released)

18 U.S. Army Spc. Zachary McNeil of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, Comanche Troop pushes Afghan children on swings. Members of the Afghan National Police and 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, Comanche troop built and assembled the swing set in the village of Mangokhel, Kherwar district, Logar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean P. Casey/Released)

19 U.S. Army Spc. Jessica Walker from Killingworth, Conn., hugs an Afghan child at a Girl Scout meeting on Forward Operating Base Finley Shields, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 9, (U.S Army photo by Pfc. Cameron Boyd/Released)

20 Villagers from Mangokhel give their thumb print to Farooq Hamyoon, the Kherwar District Governor. The thumb prints on the contract show responsibility for the swing set delivered by Afghan National Police officers and Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, Comanche Troop, Kherwar district, Logar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean P. Casey/Released)

21 Principal Muhammad Naeen hands out school supplies brought to his school by U.S. Army Soldiers, Chapahar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 10, (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Cameron Boyd/Released)

22 Afghan National Defense Service Chief Janot Gul looks through school supplies that U.S. Army Soldiers brought to the local school, Chapahar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 10, (U.S Army photo By Pfc. Cameron Boyd/Released)

23 District Governors from Wardak and Logar provinces discuss pressing matters about their districts at Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 10, (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Donald Watkins/Released)

24 U.S. Army Col. J. Hunter Mathews, the Commander of the Kentucky Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) and Governor Karim of Panjshir province, discuss future plans to expand stabilization missions throughout villages in Panjshir. Bazarak district, Panjshir province, Afghanistan, Oct. 10, (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Brian McFarland/Released)

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