U.S. Army Spc. Michael Jones, right, and Staff Sgt.

U.S. Army Spc. Michael Jones, right, and Staff Sgt. Roderick Cooper, center, security force team members for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, escort Chris Geurtsen, left, an U.S. Agency for International Development field program officer with the PRT, upon arriving at a meeting site in Farah City, April 1. The team attended a ceremony recognizing the transition of the Learning for Community Empowerment, a USAID-funded and U.N.-implemented program that promoted literacy, provided vocational training and tools and supported the development of community banks in Farah, to the Farah Directorate of Education. PRT Farah's mission 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup/released)