U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup, public affairs officer assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, reads a book as part of a United Through Reading read-a-thon sponsored by the team on Forward Operating Base Farah, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2013. Participants in the program were encouraged to read to children in their families or to students at Birch Elementary in Idaho, to promote childhood literacy. United Through Reading is a non-profit organization that enables deployed service members to share their love and support with their children by reading books aloud on DVD. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Josh Ives
