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U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Mendez provides security atop of the Afghan national police headquarters while U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Perez patrols the perimeter in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Feb. 3, 2014. Mendez and Perez are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Mendez provides security atop of the Afghan national police headquarters while U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Perez patrols the perimeter in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Feb. 3, 2014. Mendez and Perez are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Mendez provides security atop of the Afghan national police headquarters while U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Perez patrols the perimeter in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Feb. 3, 2014. Mendez and Perez are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment.

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