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Petty Officer 1st Class Brylan Riggins crosses a temporary bridge on the Alingar River.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brylan Riggins (left), with the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team, crosses a temporary bridge on the Alingar River as U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael Lutkevich, Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team security force platoon leader, stands guard in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 23, 2011. The Provincial Reconstruction Team and the United States Agency for International Development checked on the status of a watershed project designed to mitigate the effects of unchecked soil erosion.