 Beyond the bullets, beans and band-aids of war, are multiple other tools vital to defeating the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan's Helmand province. Educating young Afghans is one of them. Here at Combat Outpost Riley, female engagement team 13 established ECRA Elementary. A school aimed at providing an education to 20 local students, while their new school is being built nearby. While the lesson plan right now is geared toward the basics of the alphabet, the experience teaches students other valuable lessons. That the Taliban can't come in and just talk these kids into anything. They're going to be knowledgeable, they're going to be educated, and they're going to know what's right and what's wrong. Female engagement team 13 has also set up a love Afghanistan program to teach the students the importance of taking care of their community.