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WASHINGTON – Sgt. Klay South with help from this mother Janet launched Veterans of Valor on October 4, 2007. South was wounded November 2004 and spent a long recovery process to reconstruct his face and jaw after being shot in the face with an AK-47. Veterans of Valor visited Bethesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reed Army Medical Center January 17 to give backpacks and words of encouragement to wounded service members.::n::Photo by Staff Sgt. Leo A. Salinas::n:: - WASHINGTON – Sgt. Klay South with help from this mother Janet launched Veterans of Valor on October 4, 2007. South was wounded November 2004 and spent a long recovery process to reconstruct his face and jaw after being shot in the face with an AK-47. Veterans of Valor visited Bethesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reed Army Medical Center January 17 to give backpacks and words of encouragement to wounded service members.::n::Photo by Staff Sgt. Leo A. Salinas::n::

Marine Lt. Col. James F. Werth (front right), Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Mohammad Naseem (left) and ANA Capt. Mohammad Usman Amoni discuss operational tactics from the top of eastern Afghanistan mountains. Werth is the team chief for Embedded Training Team 7-2 which is deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with the ANA. Naseem is commander of 3rd Kandak (Armored), 3rd Brigade, 201st ANA Corps, and Amoni is company commander for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Kandak (Armored). Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr. - Marine Lt. Col. James F. Werth (front right), Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Mohammad Naseem (left) and ANA Capt. Mohammad Usman Amoni discuss operational tactics from the top of eastern Afghanistan mountains. Werth is the team chief for Embedded Training Team 7-2 which is deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with the ANA. Naseem is commander of 3rd Kandak (Armored), 3rd Brigade, 201st ANA Corps, and Amoni is company commander for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Kandak (Armored). Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr.

Marine 1st Sgt. Matthew S. Seamans, of Shorewood, Minn., is followed by Marine Lt. Col. James F. Werth, Petty Officer 1st Class Reynaldo S. Datu, and Afghan National Army Maj. Abdul Latif, executive officer of 3rd Kandak (Armored), 3rd Brigade, 201st ANA Corps, as they make their way back from an observation point on top of a mountain to a border checkpoint 500 meters below in eastern Konar Province, Afghanistan. Seamans, Werth, and Datu are part of an embedded training team deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with the ANA. Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr. - Marine 1st Sgt. Matthew S. Seamans, of Shorewood, Minn., is followed by Marine Lt. Col. James F. Werth, Petty Officer 1st Class Reynaldo S. Datu, and Afghan National Army Maj. Abdul Latif, executive officer of 3rd Kandak (Armored), 3rd Brigade, 201st ANA Corps, as they make their way back from an observation point on top of a mountain to a border checkpoint 500 meters below in eastern Konar Province, Afghanistan. Seamans, Werth, and Datu are part of an embedded training team deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with the ANA. Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr.

Petty Officer 1st Class Reynaldo S. Datu patrols on a mountain in eastern Konar Province, Afghanistan, with his Marine embedded training team and soldiers from the 3rd Kandak (Armored), 3rd Brigade, 201st Afghan National Army Corps. Datu is part of ETT 7-2, which is deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with the ANA. He is the only sailor based out of Forward Operating Base Naray, Afghanistan. Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr. - Petty Officer 1st Class Reynaldo S. Datu patrols on a mountain in eastern Konar Province, Afghanistan, with his Marine embedded training team and soldiers from the 3rd Kandak (Armored), 3rd Brigade, 201st Afghan National Army Corps. Datu is part of ETT 7-2, which is deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with the ANA. He is the only sailor based out of Forward Operating Base Naray, Afghanistan. Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr.

Marine Sgt. Will D. Craig (left) of Culleoka, Tenn., and Petty Officer 1st Class Reynaldo S. Datu prepare for a recent convoy from Forward Operating Base Naray, Konar Province, Afghanistan. The two are assigned to Embedded Training Team 7-2, deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with the Afghan National Army. - Marine Sgt. Will D. Craig (left) of Culleoka, Tenn., and Petty Officer 1st Class Reynaldo S. Datu prepare for a recent convoy from Forward Operating Base Naray, Konar Province, Afghanistan. The two are assigned to Embedded Training Team 7-2, deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with the Afghan National Army.

Marine Sgt. Seth E. Lewis (left) of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Marine 1st Sgt. Matthew S. Seamans, of Shorewood, Minn., stand at an observation point on top of a mountain and look over a border checkpoint 500 meters below. Lewis and Seamans are embedded training team mentors deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with the Afghan National Army. Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr. - Marine Sgt. Seth E. Lewis (left) of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Marine 1st Sgt. Matthew S. Seamans, of Shorewood, Minn., stand at an observation point on top of a mountain and look over a border checkpoint 500 meters below. Lewis and Seamans are embedded training team mentors deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with the Afghan National Army. Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr.