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U.S. soldiers walk into a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2013, as they begin their journey home. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard.

U.S. soldiers walk into a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2013, as they begin their journey home. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard.

U.S. soldiers walk into a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2013, as they begin their journey home. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard.

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