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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jared Thompson, foreground, briefs U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ignacio Lopez, back left, U.S. Army Pfc. Zach Fike, back right, and U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andre Lavallee, right, before a personnel and equipment movement mission on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. Thompson and Lavallee, pilots, and Lopez and Fike, crew chiefs, are assigned to the Texas-Oklahoma National Guard's Company B, 2nd Battalion General Support, 149th Aviation Regiment, which is attached to the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jared Thompson, foreground, briefs U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ignacio Lopez, back left, U.S. Army Pfc. Zach Fike, back right, and U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andre Lavallee, right, before a personnel and equipment movement mission on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. Thompson and Lavallee, pilots, and Lopez and Fike, crew chiefs, are assigned to the Texas-Oklahoma National Guard's Company B, 2nd Battalion General Support, 149th Aviation Regiment, which is attached to the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jared Thompson, foreground, briefs U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ignacio Lopez, back left, U.S. Army Pfc. Zach Fike, back right, and U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andre Lavallee, right, before a personnel and equipment movement mission on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. Thompson and Lavallee, pilots, and Lopez and Fike, crew chiefs, are assigned to the Texas-Oklahoma National Guard's Company B, 2nd Battalion General Support, 149th Aviation Regiment, which is attached to the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade.

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