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    Nawa thrives two years after ousting insurgency

    KHALAJ, HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

    09.19.2011

    Photo by Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde  

    II Marine Expeditionary Force   

    Sergeant Dannie Vonghom, of Murrieta, Calif., a patrol leader with Civil Affairs Team 3, currently attached to 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, talks over a radio during a patrol at a school in town. Schools have opened throughout Nawa district, Helmand province, since 2009, when the local insurgency was ousted from power and the legitimate Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan assumed control of the area.

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    Date Taken: 09.19.2011
    Date Posted: 09.29.2011 13:01
    Photo ID: 465036
    VIRIN: 110919-M-YI942-004
    Resolution: 3920x2868
    Size: 4.62 MB
    Location: KHALAJ, HELMAND PROVINCE, AF

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