WARDAK PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Army Sgt. Lawrence A. Pinto, a Soldier with 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, and a native of Shelton, Conn., has tea with two Afghan National Army troops Oct. 4 to build relations between their two units near Combat Outpost Sayed Abad. “The ANA, given the right leadership, are an excellent force in securing and sustaining areas of Afghanistan coalition forces would otherwise have extreme trouble with," Pinto said. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Bruce Cobbeldick, Task Force Bayonet Public Affairs) TF Talon IO NCO Eff

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WARDAK PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Army Sgt. Lawrence A. Pinto, a Soldier with 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, and a native of Shelton, Conn., has tea with two Afghan National Army troops Oct. 4 to build relations between their two units near Combat Outpost Sayed Abad. “The ANA, given the right leadership, are an excellent force in securing and sustaining areas of Afghanistan coalition forces would otherwise have extreme trouble with," Pinto said. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Bruce Cobbeldick, Task Force Bayonet Public Affairs) TF Talon IO NCO Efforts Keep COIN Standards High 328286

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