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U.S. Army Spc. Christopher W. Lord provides security while other soldiers conduct a traffic control point in the Panjwai district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, May 23, 2013. Lord is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher W. Lord provides security while other soldiers conduct a traffic control point in the Panjwai district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, May 23, 2013. Lord is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher W. Lord provides security while other soldiers conduct a traffic control point in the Panjwai district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, May 23, 2013. Lord is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

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