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Spc. Joseph Wilhelm patrols a grape vineyard with members of the Afghan National Army.
U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Wilhelm (right), with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, patrols a grape vineyard with members of the Afghan National Army during Operation Mountain Cougar, in Char Shaka, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 28, 2011. Operation Mountain Cougar is intended to disrupt and reduce Taliban activity.