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Army Spc. Monica Brown, a medic from 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, takes another soldier's blood pressure reading at the hospital on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. Brown is the second woman since World War II to be awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in combat. Photo by Spc. Micah E. Clare, USA

Army Spc. Monica Brown, a medic from 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, takes another soldier's blood pressure reading at the hospital on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. Brown is the second woman since World War II to be awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in combat. Photo by Spc. Micah E. Clare, USA

Army Spc. Monica Brown, a medic from 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, takes another soldier's blood pressure reading at the hospital on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. Brown is the second woman since World War II to be awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in combat. Photo by Spc. Micah E. Clare, USA

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