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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ed Light, left, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kelly Carbary stretch their legs as their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is fueled by soldiers after a flight mission in Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 6, 2014. Carbary, a pilot, and Light, a crew chief, are assigned to the Michigan Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation Battalion, and the soldiers are assigned to the 642nd Aviation Support Battalion.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ed Light, left, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kelly Carbary stretch their legs as their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is fueled by soldiers after a flight mission in Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 6, 2014. Carbary, a pilot, and Light, a crew chief, are assigned to the Michigan Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation Battalion, and the soldiers are assigned to the 642nd Aviation Support Battalion.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ed Light, left, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kelly Carbary stretch their legs as their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is fueled by soldiers after a flight mission in Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 6, 2014. Carbary, a pilot, and Light, a crew chief, are assigned to the Michigan Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation Battalion, and the soldiers are assigned to the 642nd Aviation Support Battalion.

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