(Left) Army Col. Richard Martin, Joint Sustainment Command–Afghanistan operations officer, hands a backpack filled with school supplies to a local Afghan boy attending the Kandahar Airfield Bazaar School June 25. Martin is a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard’s 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, which has been deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom since early October. The school supplies were provided through a unique collaboration between Mid Gulf Forestry Inc. and students from Parklane Academy in McComb, Miss. Mississippi Army National Guard

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(Left) Army Col. Richard Martin, Joint Sustainment Command–Afghanistan operations officer, hands a backpack filled with school supplies to a local Afghan boy attending the Kandahar Airfield Bazaar School June 25. Martin is a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard’s 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, which has been deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom since early October. The school supplies were provided through a unique collaboration between Mid Gulf Forestry Inc. and students from Parklane Academy in McComb, Miss. Mississippi Army National Guard soldiers donate backpacks and school supplies to Afghan children 424607

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