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Army Pfc. Travis Watson, left, and Army Staff Sgt. Homer Teague, right, search a soldier playing the part of a local leader during a natural disaster exercise on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 19, 2013. Watson and Teague are assigned to the 1st Squadron Airborne, 40th Cavalry Regiment.

Army Pfc. Travis Watson, left, and Army Staff Sgt. Homer Teague, right, search a soldier playing the part of a local leader during a natural disaster exercise on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 19, 2013. Watson and Teague are assigned to the 1st Squadron Airborne, 40th Cavalry Regiment.

Army Pfc. Travis Watson, left, and Army Staff Sgt. Homer Teague, right, search a soldier playing the part of a local leader during a natural disaster exercise on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 19, 2013. Watson and Teague are assigned to the 1st Squadron Airborne, 40th Cavalry Regiment.

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