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U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team sweep a road for improvised explosive devices June 20, 2012, near Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. When infantry units find an IED, they call up bomb experts to neutralize it.
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U.S. Army Sgt. David Pickard, a team leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, prepares to sweep a road for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Pickard is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
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U.S. Army Spc. Shane Storey, a squad automactic weapon gunner with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, pulls security while his platoon sweeps a road for mines June 30, 2012, near Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. He is armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon.
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U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team inspect a suspicious spot in the road while sweeping for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, near Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. When infantry units find an IED, they call up bomb experts to neutralize it.
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A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team searches a passerby while sweeping a road for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The paratrooper is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
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A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team sights down his M4 carbine during a patrol near the town of Muqor, June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The paratrooper’s patrol is sweeping for roadside bombs.
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.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, keeps his company commander abreast of his platoon’s progress during a mission to sweep a road for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Prieto serves with Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, uses an armored vehicle for shelter from insurgent fire while communicating with his company commander, June 30, 2012, outside of Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. At left is his radioman, Pfc. Blaze Glocar.
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U.S. Army Spc. Shane Storey, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, fires his M249 squad automatic weapon at insurgents during a firefight June 30, 2012, outside the town of Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The M249 is considered a light machine gun.
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A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fires his M4 carbine at insurgents during a firefight June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The vehicle he is using for cover is a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle.
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U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team look for a shot at insurgents during a firefight June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. To the paratroopers’ left is an Afghan National Army guntruck.
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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, talks to his platoon sergeant, Sgt. 1st Class Frank Downing, as the platoon manuevers on a position previously held by insurgents June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Prieto is from Rockingham, N.C., and Downing is from Mexico, N.Y.