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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Spc. Lloyd Hanley talks to pilots over his radio after he raised the rear ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before night missions on Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, July 22, 2013. Hanley, a crew chief, is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company B, 3rd Battalion, 10th General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Spc. Lloyd Hanley talks to pilots over his radio after he raised the rear ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before night missions on Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, July 22, 2013. Hanley, a crew chief, is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company B, 3rd Battalion, 10th General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Spc. Lloyd Hanley talks to pilots over his radio after he raised the rear ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before night missions on Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, July 22, 2013. Hanley, a crew chief, is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company B, 3rd Battalion, 10th General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade.

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