Afghan boys walk home after attending class at the Forward Operating Base Geronimo schoolhouse in Afghanistan, July 18. Some of the kids walk more than two miles sometimes in triple-digit heat. Most of the kids who attend school are younger than the current war. The children are taught by Marine, Navy and Afghan volunteers. There's supposed to be school in a kid's life, In Helmand province volunteers do what they can to make sure it happens DVIDS307880

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