Afghan contractors show U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Glenn Niemitalo, an engineer with the provincial reconstruction team in Paktika, the progress of a library construction site with the assistance of an interpreter in Sharana, Afghanistan , Oct. 25, 2009. PRT Paktika is an integrated team of U.S. military and representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which funds and evaluates Afghanistan reconstruction projects in effort of promoting self sufficiency and better quality of life for the Afghan people.
<dl><dd>Unit: Provincial Reconstruction Team Nuristan</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: village; patrol</dd></dl>
Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards
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