Sgt. 1st Class Tavares A. Stephens, an outbound operations sergeant with the 138th Theater Gateway and a Jacksonville, Fla., native, speaks with soldiers preparing to go on emergency leave at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Oct. 12, 2013. The theater gateway at Cam

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Sgt. 1st Class Tavares A. Stephens, an outbound operations sergeant with the 138th Theater Gateway and a Jacksonville, Fla., native, speaks with soldiers preparing to go on emergency leave at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Oct. 12, 2013. The theater gateway at Camp Arifjan has been operating since Aug. 2013 and processes military personnel and civilians in and out of theater.

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