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Army Sgt. Aaron Sanchez of Company A, of 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, uses an AT4 rocket launcher to destroy an abandoned Taliban safe house in Koshk Kowl, Afghanistan, Oct. 4. Photo by Spc. Mike Pryor, USA

Army Sgt. Aaron Sanchez of Company A, of 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, uses an AT4 rocket launcher to destroy an abandoned Taliban safe house in Koshk Kowl, Afghanistan, Oct. 4. Photo by Spc. Mike Pryor, USA

Army Sgt. Aaron Sanchez of Company A, of 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, uses an AT4 rocket launcher to destroy an abandoned Taliban safe house in Koshk Kowl, Afghanistan, Oct. 4. Photo by Spc. Mike Pryor, USA

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