Spc. James Powell, a cavalry scout and native of Fort Pierce, Fla., stands guard in the doorway of a water bottling plant in Boob al-Sham, April 14. Powell, assigned to Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, provides security for civil affairs Soldiers while they are meeting with the bottle factory owner. "We're assessing their needs by going door-to-door and factory-to-factory," said Spc. Trevor Gomez, a civil affairs specialist from Mesa, Ariz., assigned to the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion.

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