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Army brothers Spc. Duane Vinson, left, and Sgt. Bryan Vinson, right, returned to Fort Bragg, N.C., after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. The brothers, who are both assigned to 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, deployed with the same battalion, but saw each other only five or six times throughout their deployment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terrance Payton

Army brothers Spc. Duane Vinson, left, and Sgt. Bryan Vinson, right, returned to Fort Bragg, N.C., after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. The brothers, who are both assigned to 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, deployed with the same battalion, but saw each other only five or six times throughout their deployment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terrance Payton

Army brothers Spc. Duane Vinson, left, and Sgt. Bryan Vinson, right, returned to Fort Bragg, N.C., after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. The brothers, who are both assigned to 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, deployed with the same battalion, but saw each other only five or six times throughout their deployment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terrance Payton

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