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troops from charlie company third

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platoon test fire 50 cals before

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heading out on a mission . The

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objective is to get to know the people

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and not come off as threatening to the

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people um for the leaders to get to

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know the key leaders and and understand

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what the situation , their issues and

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concerns of their villages are . Make

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sure your alternate sides to the idea

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is to help villagers developed trust .

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Not just with the U . S . Forces but

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the afghan security forces as well .

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This Villager was in a fight with his

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brother in law . Tell them we've got a

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medic , we can help him . He says he's

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heading to the local police station .

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Sounds good and he wants to leave his

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face on bandaged as evidence . Part of

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the strategy is just becoming a

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familiar face in the area and hoping

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villagers start to warm up coming into

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post mobilization . We trained for that

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pretty heavily . It was something new

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to our instrument . We hadn't done the

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coin fight before . Today's

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conversation is focused on the civilian

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semi truck that was set on fire . Do

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you know , do you know where those guys

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are from ? Did you know any of them or

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did you know where they came from ,

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villagers heard about the incident ,

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but don't have any information . Do you

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know if anyone was hurt or injured in

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the area because of that attack . Fear

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of possible retaliation from criminals ,

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keeps many afghans silent . I would

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like to come back and visit with you

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and sit down and drink tea and talk to

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and get to know you a little bit too .

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Lieutenant Boesen makes a point to

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provide them an anonymous reporting

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options . That's our tip line number .

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If you want to give that to them . Most

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of the afghans in this village are

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curious about security forces , but

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trust must first be established with

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village elders . Army Sergeant julie ,

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Marshall Nuristan Afghanistan .