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U.S. Army Spc. Travis Simmons, right foreground, helps to stabilize a simulated patient during a mass casualty exercise on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2014. Simmons, a medic, is assigned to 101st Airborne Division's 159th Combat Aviation Brigade.

U.S. Army Spc. Travis Simmons, right foreground, helps to stabilize a simulated patient during a mass casualty exercise on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2014. Simmons, a medic, is assigned to 101st Airborne Division's 159th Combat Aviation Brigade.

U.S. Army Spc. Travis Simmons, right foreground, helps to stabilize a simulated patient during a mass casualty exercise on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2014. Simmons, a medic, is assigned to 101st Airborne Division's 159th Combat Aviation Brigade.

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