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PHOTOS: Las Vegas Desert Rats depart on ‘nation-building’ mission to Afghanistan

The Army Reserve’s Delta Company, 405th Civil Affairs Battalion, gathered with their family and friends Sunday night before departing early Monday morning from McCarran International Airport.

Th Las Vegas Desert Rats, a North Las Vegas reserve unit, are embarking on a year-long civil affairs mission to Afghanistan as the goal in the 10-year war turns to nation-building (link to slide show below).

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