Commander, Regional Command West, Italian Brig. Gen.

Commander, Regional Command West, Italian Brig. Gen. Dario Ranieri, left, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thomas Sheppard, outgoing commanding officer of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, first from left, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Lou McCray, incoming commanding officer of PRT Farah, second from left, and Ray Sudweeks, right, a U.S. Department of State representative, bow their heads during the invocation at Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah's turnover of authority ceremony at at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Farah in Farah province Afghanistan, Oct. 31. PRT Farah's mision is to train, advise, and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district, and provincial levels in Farah Province Afghanistan. Their civil military team is comprised of members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison/released)