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A U.S. soldier with 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Red Currahee, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Currahee, rests after climbing to a mountain top near the area where his platoon secured key terrain in Afghanistan’s Paktika province. The soldier’s mortar platoon provided indirect-fire support during Operation Red Storm, which cleared the Gwashta Pass, May 23 to May 28, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Graham

A U.S. soldier with 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Red Currahee, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Currahee, rests after climbing to a mountain top near the area where his platoon secured key terrain in Afghanistan’s Paktika province. The soldier’s mortar platoon provided indirect-fire support during Operation Red Storm, which cleared the Gwashta Pass, May 23 to May 28, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Graham

A U.S. soldier with 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Red Currahee, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Currahee, rests after climbing to a mountain top near the area where his platoon secured key terrain in Afghanistan’s Paktika province. The soldier’s mortar platoon provided indirect-fire support during Operation Red Storm, which cleared the Gwashta Pass, May 23 to May 28, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Graham

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