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Army Pfc. Tyler Williams, right, guides Air Force Master Sgt. Jose Arias-Patino to the staging area during a field exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 16, 2014. Williams is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, and Arias-Patino is assigned to the 86th Medical Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Army Pfc. Tyler Williams, right, guides Air Force Master Sgt. Jose Arias-Patino to the staging area during a field exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 16, 2014. Williams is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, and Arias-Patino is assigned to the 86th Medical Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Army Pfc. Tyler Williams, right, guides Air Force Master Sgt. Jose Arias-Patino to the staging area during a field exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 16, 2014. Williams is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, and Arias-Patino is assigned to the 86th Medical Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

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