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Task Force Gladius Soldiers with 410th Military Police Company, Task Force Cyclone, toss pens to children across a stream in Charikar, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Nov. 8, 2009. The Soldiers conducts many missions in the Parwan area. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. William E. Henry, Task Force Cyclone, 38th Infantry Division.)

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SSG Wells says:

For viewers of this picture who haven't been over there, the kids of Afghanistan love it when we pass out pens during humanitarian missions. For most people around the world, a pen is an item that is readily available everywhere you go and is part of our everyday lives. However, in Afghanistan, they are so poverty stricken that even a pen is considered something of value. i was surprised to learn this during my last deployment.