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U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4, and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalion, clo... More

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Robert

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Robert

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Robert E. Krebs, 26, from Ocean Springs, Miss., provides security at the demonstration farm in Shar-e-safa, Afghanistan, while other members of the Agricultural Deve... More

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Robert

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Robert

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Robert E. Krebs, 26, from Ocean Springs, Miss., brings rope to descend into a karez in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. Krebs is the noncommissioned offi... More

Village leaders and members of the Mississippi National

Village leaders and members of the Mississippi National

Village leaders and members of the Mississippi National Guard Zabul Agrigricultrual Development Team inspect a karez in Zabul province Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. The Zabul ADT helps villages in the Tarnek wa ... More

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band, Romanian

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band, Romanian

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band, Romanian soldiers and civilians all dance during a Third ID band performance at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels fre... More

Third Infantry Division band member, saxophone and

Third Infantry Division band member, saxophone and

Third Infantry Division band member, saxophone and clarinet player Spc. Tony Martinez, Romanian soldiers and a civilian contractor, all play air guitar during a Third ID band performance at Forward Operating Ba... More

A Mississippi National Guard member with the Mississippi

A Mississippi National Guard member with the Mississippi

A Mississippi National Guard member with the Mississippi NG Agricultural Development Team’s Mescal Detachment in Zabul province walks through the bazaar in Shar-e-safa, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2012. (U.S. Army p... More

A villager from Terwoki takes away karez cleaning equipment

A villager from Terwoki takes away karez cleaning equipment

A villager from Terwoki takes away karez cleaning equipment dropped off by members of the Mississippi National Guard in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. The Miss. NG Zabul Agricultural Development T... More

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell,

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell,

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell, 44, from Brooksville, Miss., shows local Afghan farmers how to perform maintenance on a rotor-tiller, at a demonstration farm in Shar-e-safa, Afghanist... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team (ADT) 4, and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalio... More

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band, Romanian

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band, Romanian

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band, Romanian soldiers and civilians dance during a Third ID band performance at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequen... More

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek,

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek,

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek, the officer in charge of the Mescal Detachment of the Agricultural Development Team in Zabul province chats with a local farmer on the demonstration farm ... More

Local villagers and Mississippi National Guard members,

Local villagers and Mississippi National Guard members,

Local villagers and Mississippi National Guard members, Sgt. Josh Niolet, 29, from Raleigh, Miss., and Sgt. Paul Marshall, 43, from Terry, Miss., peer into a karez from above while other Miss. NG members of the... More

Third Infantry Division band member, bugler Spc. James

Third Infantry Division band member, bugler Spc. James

Third Infantry Division band member, bugler Spc. James Jaeger dances with a Romanian soldier while vocalist Sgt. Jessica Winkler sings during a performance of the Third ID band at Forward Operating Base Mescal,... More

Third Infantry Division rock band member, pianist Staff

Third Infantry Division rock band member, pianist Staff

Third Infantry Division rock band member, pianist Staff Sgt. Kristin Chandler, performs with the Third ID band at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequently to FOBs ... More

U.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal,

U.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal,

U.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, play a game of touch football Jan. 23, 2013. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Lori Bilyou)

Sgt. James P. O’Connell, 31, from Bronx, N.Y., checks

Sgt. James P. O’Connell, 31, from Bronx, N.Y., checks

Sgt. James P. O’Connell, 31, from Bronx, N.Y., checks that the satellite transmission system is working properly on Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Dec. 25, 2012. O’Connell, a multichannel transmis... More

A Romanian soldier with the 21st Mountain Battalion

A Romanian soldier with the 21st Mountain Battalion

A Romanian soldier with the 21st Mountain Battalion stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal dances during a performance of the Third Infantry Division’s rock band, Trigger Happy, Nov. 14, 2012. The band’s p... More

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal dance during a performance of the Third Infantry Division’s rock band, Trigger Happy, Nov. 14, 2012. The band’s per... More

Third Infantry Division rock band member, pianist Staff

Third Infantry Division rock band member, pianist Staff

Third Infantry Division rock band member, pianist Staff Sgt. Kristin Chandler, performs with the Third ID band at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequently to FOBs ... More

Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Jones, 28 from Staten Island,

Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Jones, 28 from Staten Island,

Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Jones, 28 from Staten Island, N.Y., and Sgt. James P. O’Connell, 31, from Bronx, N.Y., relax in their tent on Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Dec. 25, 2012. Jones is the noncom... More

Third Infantry Division band members, saxophone and

Third Infantry Division band members, saxophone and

Third Infantry Division band members, saxophone and clarinet player Spc. Tony Martinez (left) and bugler Spc. James Jaeger dance during a performance of the Third ID band at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afgha... More

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal dance during a performance of the Third Infantry Division’s rock band, Trigger Happy, Nov. 14, 2012. The band’s per... More

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist Staff Sgt. Joseph Grabill sings to the crowd at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequently to FOBs in Regional Com... More

Mississippi National Guardsmen Spc. Sheldon Roberson

Mississippi National Guardsmen Spc. Sheldon Roberson

Mississippi National Guardsmen Spc. Sheldon Roberson (right), 21, from Wiggins, Miss., and Sgt. Paul Marshall (left), 44, from Terry, Miss. talk with a local Afghan farmer on the demonstration farm in Shar-e-sa... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4, and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalion, spr... More

Spc. Pablo Gonzalez, a member of 1st Cavalry Division

Spc. Pablo Gonzalez, a member of 1st Cavalry Division

Spc. Pablo Gonzalez, a member of 1st Cavalry Division and native of Albuquerque, N.M., communicates with the helicopter assigned to take Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Barteky, command sergeant major of 1st Cavalry D... More

Third Infantry Division rock band members Sgt. Michael

Third Infantry Division rock band members Sgt. Michael

Third Infantry Division rock band members Sgt. Michael Winkler, bass guitarist, and Sgt. Joseph Grabill, vocalist, are joined on stage by Pvt. Marius Tudor, a Romanian soldier playing the cowbell during a Third... More

Third Infantry Division rock band members Sgt. Jessica

Third Infantry Division rock band members Sgt. Jessica

Third Infantry Division rock band members Sgt. Jessica Winkler, vocalist, and Sgt. Michael Winkler, bass guitarist, perform at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequen... More

A crowd of U.S. and Romanian Soldiers and civilians

A crowd of U.S. and Romanian Soldiers and civilians

A crowd of U.S. and Romanian Soldiers and civilians dance and sing during a performance of the Third Infantry Division’s rock band, Trigger Happy, at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4, and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalion, clo... More

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist Sgt. Jeff Siple performs at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequently to FOBs in Regional Command South bringing ... More

Third Infantry Division rock band member, drummer Sgt.

Third Infantry Division rock band member, drummer Sgt.

Third Infantry Division rock band member, drummer Sgt. Tom Lipscomb performs at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequently to FOBs in Regional Command South bringing... More

U.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal,

U.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal,

U.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, play a game of touch football Jan. 23, 2013. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Lori Bilyou)

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4 holds out a comb at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 12, 2012, show... More

Third Infantry Division band member, saxophone and

Third Infantry Division band member, saxophone and

Third Infantry Division band member, saxophone and clarinet player Spc. Tony Martinez and some Romanian soldiers cavort during a performance of the Third ID’s rock band, Trigger Happy, at Forward Operating Base... More

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell,

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell,

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell, 44, from Brooksville, Miss., discusses wheat planting with a local Afghan farmer at the demonstration farm in Shar-e-safa, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2012. ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4, and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalion, sho... More

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek,

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek,

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek, officer in charge of the Mississippi NG Agricultural Development Team’s Mescal Detachment in Zabul province checks the pumpkin patch on the demonstration ... More

Pumpkins grow in a field that was previously overgrown

Pumpkins grow in a field that was previously overgrown

Pumpkins grow in a field that was previously overgrown with weeds at the demonstration farm in Shar-e-safa, Afghanistan, September 2012. The demonstration farm overseen by a Mississippi National Guard Agricul... More

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist Sgt. Jessica Winkler performs at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequently to FOBs in Regional Command South brin... More

An Afghan farmer attempts to work a rotor-tiller for

An Afghan farmer attempts to work a rotor-tiller for

An Afghan farmer attempts to work a rotor-tiller for the first time on the demonstration farm in Shar-e-safa, Afghanistan, with guidance from the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team in Za... More

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band, Trigger

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band, Trigger

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band, Trigger Happy, perform while Romanian soldiers play along on air guitars during a 3rd ID band performance at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14... More

Mississippi National Guard member, Sgt. Josh Niolet,

Mississippi National Guard member, Sgt. Josh Niolet,

Mississippi National Guard member, Sgt. Josh Niolet, 29, from Raleigh, Miss., provides security during a karez inspection in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. The Miss. NG Zabul Agricultural Developm... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4 (ADT4), and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battali... More

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek,

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek,

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek, 25, from Winchester, Tenn., talks with a village leader about the village’s karez in Terwoki, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. A karez is a system of undergro... More

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell,

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell,

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell, 44, from Brooksville, Miss., discusses plans with a local Afghan farmer at the demonstration farm in Shar-e-safa, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2012. Fennell ... More

An Afghan villager inspects the rope that will be used

An Afghan villager inspects the rope that will be used

An Afghan villager inspects the rope that will be used by the Zabul Agricultural Development Team to descend into the karez in Zabul province Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. The Zabul ADT helps villages in the Tar... More

Soldiers patrol onto FOB Mescal

Soldiers patrol onto FOB Mescal

Members of 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, Third Infantry Division, patrols along a scenic route into Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, during a battlefield circulation with the Combined Task Force Rai... More

The Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development

The Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development

The Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4 introduces beekeeping as a method for increasing the yield of flowering crops in Tarnek-wa-Jaldek district of Zabul province, Afghanistan, Nov. 1... More

Pfc. Curtis L. Brewington II, 23, from Mount Vernon,

Pfc. Curtis L. Brewington II, 23, from Mount Vernon,

Pfc. Curtis L. Brewington II, 23, from Mount Vernon, N.Y., learns to work on a generator on Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Dec. 25, 2012. Brewington, a multichannel transmission systems operator w... More

Girls from the village watch as members of the Mississippi

Girls from the village watch as members of the Mississippi

Girls from the village watch as members of the Mississippi National Guard unload equipment for karez cleaning in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. The Miss. NG Zabul Agricultural Development Team hel... More

Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st

Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st

Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalion, gently brushes the bees back into the hive before closing the hive at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 16, 2012. (U.S. ... More

A bee approaches the hive entrance at Forward Operating

A bee approaches the hive entrance at Forward Operating

A bee approaches the hive entrance at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 12, 2012. The entrances were made smaller by the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4 in order to k... More

Romanian soldiers sing into the microphone held by

Romanian soldiers sing into the microphone held by

Romanian soldiers sing into the microphone held by Third Infantry Division rock band vocalist Sgt. Jeff Siple during a performance at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels... More

Mississippi National Guardsman, Sgt. Bradley Thomas

Mississippi National Guardsman, Sgt. Bradley Thomas

Mississippi National Guardsman, Sgt. Bradley Thomas from Noxapater, Miss., provides security in Terwoki village while other members of the Miss. NG Agricultural Development Team unload karez cleaning equipment ... More

Members of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion,

Members of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion,

Members of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, a National Guard unit from Yonkers, N.Y., deployed to Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Dec. 25, 2012. The six-man team is responsible for providi... More

Third Infantry Division rock band members (right to

Third Infantry Division rock band members (right to

Third Infantry Division rock band members (right to left), vocalist Sgt. Jessica Winkler, saxophone and clarinet player Spc. Tony Martinez and bugler Spc. James Jaeger perform while the crowd dances around them... More

A photo of bees working in their hive at Forward Operating

A photo of bees working in their hive at Forward Operating

A photo of bees working in their hive at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 16, 2012. The gauze seen in the upper portion of the photo contains food specially prepared for the bees by the Mississi... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team (ADT) 4, shows the inside of a hive at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, an... More

Mississippi National Guard members 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek

Mississippi National Guard members 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek

Mississippi National Guard members 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek (right), the officer in charge of the Mississippi NG Agricultural Development Team’s Mescal Detachment in Zabul province and Staff Sgt. Randall Smith, a s... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4, and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalion, mix... More

Children from Terwoki village check out the karez cleaning

Children from Terwoki village check out the karez cleaning

Children from Terwoki village check out the karez cleaning equipment dropped off by members of the Mississippi National Guard in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. The Miss. NG Zabul Agricultural Deve... More

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal dance during a performance of the Third Infantry Division’s rock band, Trigger Happy, Nov. 14, 2012. The band’s per... More

Third Infantry Division rock band vocalist Sgt. Jeff

Third Infantry Division rock band vocalist Sgt. Jeff

Third Infantry Division rock band vocalist Sgt. Jeff Siple performs at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequently to FOBs in Regional Command South bringing live mus... More

Third Infantry Division rock band members Sgt. Jessica

Third Infantry Division rock band members Sgt. Jessica

Third Infantry Division rock band members Sgt. Jessica Winkler, vocalist, Staff Sgt. Joseph Grabill, vocalist, and Sgt. Michael Winkler, bass guitarist, perform at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, No... More

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek,

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek,

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek, the officer in charge of the Mississippi NG Agricultural Development Team’s Mescal Detachment in Zabul province chats with a local farmer on the demonstra... More

Third Infantry Division rock band members (right to

Third Infantry Division rock band members (right to

Third Infantry Division rock band members (right to left), vocalist Sgt. Jessica Winkler, saxophone and clarinet player Spc. Tony Martinez and bugler Spc. James Jaeger pause for a picture during a performance o... More

Mississippi National Guardsmen Spc. Sheldon Roberson

Mississippi National Guardsmen Spc. Sheldon Roberson

Mississippi National Guardsmen Spc. Sheldon Roberson (right), 21, from Wiggins, Miss., and Sgt. Paul Marshall, 44, from Terry, Miss. talk with a local Afghan farmer on the demonstration farm in Shar-e-safa, Afg... More

Third Infantry Division rock band member, bass guitarist

Third Infantry Division rock band member, bass guitarist

Third Infantry Division rock band member, bass guitarist Sgt. Michael Winkler performs at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequently to FOBs in Regional Command Sout... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with Zabul’s Agricultural Development Team 4 (ADT4), and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalion, show the inside of a ... More

U.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal,

U.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal,

U.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, play a game of touch football Jan. 23, 2013. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Lori Bilyou)

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek,

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek,

Mississippi National Guard member 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek, 25, from Winchester, Tenn., talks with a local Afghan farmer on the demonstration farm established as a teaching center for local farmers to learn improve... More

Third Infantry Division rock band members, saxophone

Third Infantry Division rock band members, saxophone

Third Infantry Division rock band members, saxophone and clarinet player Spc. Tony Martinez (center left) and bugler Spc. James Jaeger (center right) pause for a picture during a performance of the Third ID ban... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4, finds that making food for the bees is a sticky job at Forward Operating Base Mesc... More

Sgt. Sergio A. Rodriguez, 32, from Bronx, N.Y. conducts

Sgt. Sergio A. Rodriguez, 32, from Bronx, N.Y. conducts

Sgt. Sergio A. Rodriguez, 32, from Bronx, N.Y. conducts preventative maintenance on a generator on Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Dec. 25, 2012. Rodriguez, a mechanic with the 101st Expeditionary ... More

Third Infantry Division band member, saxophone and

Third Infantry Division band member, saxophone and

Third Infantry Division band member, saxophone and clarinet player Spc. Tony Martinez and civilians dance during a Third ID band performance at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The ba... More

Mississippi National Guard member Spc. Sheldon Roberson,

Mississippi National Guard member Spc. Sheldon Roberson,

Mississippi National Guard member Spc. Sheldon Roberson, 21, from Wiggins, Miss., surveys the demonstration established as a teaching center for local farmers to learn improved agricultural practices in Shar-e-... More

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band and

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band and

Members of the Third Infantry Division rock band and civilians dance during a Third ID band performance at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequently to FOBs in Regi... More

Mississippi National Guard members 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek

Mississippi National Guard members 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek

Mississippi National Guard members 2nd Lt. Philip Cleek (left), the officer in charge of the Mescal Detachment of the Agricultural Development Team in Zabul province and Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell, an agricultural... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4, and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalion, clo... More

Pomegranate trees are planted neatly in rows in a field

Pomegranate trees are planted neatly in rows in a field

Pomegranate trees are planted neatly in rows in a field that was previously overgrown with weeds at the demonstration farm in Shar-e-safa, Afghanistan, September 2012. The demonstration farm overseen by a Mis... More

Third Infantry Division rock band members, vocalist

Third Infantry Division rock band members, vocalist

Third Infantry Division rock band members, vocalist Sgt. Jessica Winkler and Sgt. Michael Winkler, bass guitarist, perform at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequen... More

Members of the Mississippi National Guard unload equipment

Members of the Mississippi National Guard unload equipment

Members of the Mississippi National Guard unload equipment for karez cleaning at a village in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. The Miss. NG Zabul Agricultural Development Team helps villages in the ... More

Mississippi National Guard member Sgt. Paul Marshall,

Mississippi National Guard member Sgt. Paul Marshall,

Mississippi National Guard member Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi NG Agricultural Development Team’s Mescal Detachment in Zabul province checks the pumpkin patch on the demon... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4 (ADT4), holds out a comb from a hive at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan,... More

A crowd of U.S. and Romanian Soldiers and civilians

A crowd of U.S. and Romanian Soldiers and civilians

A crowd of U.S. and Romanian Soldiers and civilians dance and sing during a performance by the Third Infantry Division’s rock band, Trigger Happy, at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. ... More

Members of the Mississippi National Guard provide security

Members of the Mississippi National Guard provide security

Members of the Mississippi National Guard provide security for their team during a karez inspection in Terwoki, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. The Miss. NG Zabul Agricultural Development Team helps villages in th... More

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell,

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell,

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell, 44, from Brooksville, Miss., and a local Afghan farmer discuss crops at the demonstration farm in Shar-e-safa, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2012. Fennell is ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team (ADT) 4, and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalio... More

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist

Third Infantry Division rock band member, vocalist Staff Sgt. Joseph Grabill sings to the crowd at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2012. The band travels frequently to FOBs in Regional Com... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Marshall, an agricultural specialist with the Mississippi National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team 4, and Romanian Plutonier Eugen Arsene with the Romanian 21st Mountain Battalion, spr... More

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion

Romanian soldiers with the 21st Mountain Battalion stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal dance during a performance of the Third Infantry Division’s rock band, Trigger Happy, Nov. 14, 2012. The band’s per... More

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