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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Drake Rivas bumps fists with an Afghan boy during a reconnaissance mission in a village south of Forward Operating Base Fenty in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Sept. 8, 2013. Rivas is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Drake Rivas bumps fists with an Afghan boy during a reconnaissance mission in a village south of Forward Operating Base Fenty in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Sept. 8, 2013. Rivas is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Drake Rivas bumps fists with an Afghan boy during a reconnaissance mission in a village south of Forward Operating Base Fenty in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Sept. 8, 2013. Rivas is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team.

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