Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Katie Gray
Capt. Pennie Llorente, civil affairs officer with the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), talks with an Afghan girl before a female shura during Operation Southern Fist in the village of Obezhan Kalay, Spin Boldak district, Afghanistan, Sept. 30, 2012. The Afghan-led operation focused on denying the enemy freedom of maneuver and to connect local villagers with the Afghan government.