Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Katie Gray
From right, Albanian Lt. Col. Ekland Dauti, Afghan Maj. Asmatulla Safi, Lt. Col. Steven Soika and Maj. Joe Curtis, listen to Afghan elders during a shura in the village of Enjergay, Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2012. Soika and Curtis are infantry officers with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.