U.S. Air Force Col. Gary Grape of Holcombe, Wis., combined

U.S. Air Force Col. Gary Grape of Holcombe, Wis., combined joint operations liaison, sits among senior leaders of the Pakistan Army during a border engagement held at the Khyber Border Coordination Center in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province, Basawol (Mohmand Dara) District, Sept. 23. Grape is the Combined Joint Task Force-101 Regional Command-East Border Coordination Center Director responsible for facilitating cross-border coordination and integration, serving as the central information node in the border network.