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Civilian agricultural specialist Beau Neal (left), a resident of Versailles, Ky., Ken Parsons (middle), a resident of Lancaster, Ky., and Maj. Jim Rush (right), a Bowling Green, Ky., contemplate a good photo with a local Afghan child during a mission in southern Afghanistan, April 25, 2012. The three are members of Kentucky's Agribusiness Development Team 4, whose mission to empower and help local leaders teach improved agricultural and business techniques to farmers in the region. Rush also served previously in Kuwait during 2005 with Parsons' son Matt.