US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, right, talks to US Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, front, the commanding general of Regional Command Southwest at Forward Operating Base Shukvani during his visit March 14, 2012 in Afghanistan.

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US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, right, talks to US Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, front, the commanding general of Regional Command Southwest at Forward Operating Base Shukvani during his visit March 14, 2012 in Afghanistan. Panetta met with Georgian soldiers assigned to the 31st Georgian Light Infantry Battalion during his visit to the base.

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Location: Shukvani, Afghanistan
Photo credit: © DOD Photo / Alamy / Afripics
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