Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie
Capt. Pennie Llorente, team chief of Civil Affairs Team 613, and Steve Tavella, a field program officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development, speak with an Afghan farmer named Dadullah in a cucumber field near the village of Haji Nikal, Afghanistan, July 22, 2012. Llorente's team, part of Alpha Company, 426th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), helps identify farmers who are interested in participating in cooperatives and programs offered by USAID.