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First Lt. Bryant Yee, an adviser with Police Advisor Team 4, talks to a shopkeeper in Kajaki district, Afghanistan, July 10, 2012. The PAT is responsible for training and supporting the Afghan Uniformed Police to help them become self-sufficient. - First Lt. Bryant Yee, an adviser with Police Advisor Team 4, talks to a shopkeeper in Kajaki district, Afghanistan, July 10, 2012. The PAT is responsible for training and supporting the Afghan Uniformed Police to help them become self-sufficient.

Corporal Christopher K. Wood, heavy equipment mechanic, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, is the sole heavy equipment mechanic on Patrol Base Gherdai. Wood, a 30-year-old Jackson, Mich., native maintains every heavy equipment vehicle at the patrol base so the combat engineers can continue their mission. - Corporal Christopher K. Wood, heavy equipment mechanic, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, is the sole heavy equipment mechanic on Patrol Base Gherdai. Wood, a 30-year-old Jackson, Mich., native maintains every heavy equipment vehicle at the patrol base so the combat engineers can continue their mission.

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British Army Brigadier Stuart Skeates, deputy commander of Regional Command (Southwest), listens to Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Abdul Wasea talk inside Delaram’s operations coordination center, June 27, 2012. Wasea, commanding general, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, and other Afghan regional leaders met with Brig. Skeates and Marines from Regimental Combat Team 6 to discuss the transition of security responsibilities in Delaram to Afghan National Security Forces. One improvement Brig. Skeates recommended was an enhanced capability at the district’s OCC. The OCC is important for sharing information among the components of ANSF and with provincial leaders. - British Army Brigadier Stuart Skeates, deputy commander of Regional Command (Southwest), listens to Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Abdul Wasea talk inside Delaram’s operations coordination center, June 27, 2012. Wasea, commanding general, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, and other Afghan regional leaders met with Brig. Skeates and Marines from Regimental Combat Team 6 to discuss the transition of security responsibilities in Delaram to Afghan National Security Forces. One improvement Brig. Skeates recommended was an enhanced capability at the district’s OCC. The OCC is important for sharing information among the components of ANSF and with provincial leaders.