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U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Lents emplaces an M-240 Bravo machine gun atop a truck on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 30, 2013. Lents is assigned to Alpha Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, Combined Force Dragoon.

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Lents emplaces an M-240 Bravo machine gun atop a truck on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 30, 2013. Lents is assigned to Alpha Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, Combined Force Dragoon.

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Lents emplaces an M-240 Bravo machine gun atop a truck on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 30, 2013. Lents is assigned to Alpha Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, Combined Force Dragoon.

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