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the main military supply routes into

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Afghanistan comes through an area

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called towards the gate along the

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Pakistan border . Soldiers from task

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Force Steel monitor Yeah , vehicles to

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ensure border security . A system

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referred to as pitcher and catcher is

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one way these soldiers control vehicle

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flow . My job's picture here . Uh

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monitored vehicles coming through and

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make sure I don't have any suspicious

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nature . Uh Guys coming through arts

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body overlooking may be your friends .

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So that's just a sneaky ones though ,

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counterpart they all know they have to

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go around . Yeah . Gate ,

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all I'm doing is directing traffic from

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Afghanistan and pushing it over into

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Pakistan vehicles .

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Uh today

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search over in our area . Today

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had a baby . Mhm seriously

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straining them . U . S .

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Soldiers are training Afghan forces to

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take over the pitcher and catcher

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positions so they will eventually be

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self sufficient . At Torkham Gate Air

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Force Staff Sergeant , chad Usher Gate

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Afghanistan .