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U.S. Army Spc. Tomas Paris, left, and U.S. Army Sgt. Jeffrey Maloney set up the mechanical claw on Maloney's vehicle before a night route clearance mission on Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province, May 23, 2014. Paris, a mechanic, and Maloney, a heavy equipment operator, are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Combined Arms Route Clearance Operation 30.

U.S. Army Spc. Tomas Paris, left, and U.S. Army Sgt. Jeffrey Maloney set up the mechanical claw on Maloney's vehicle before a night route clearance mission on Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province, May 23, 2014. Paris, a mechanic, and Maloney, a heavy equipment operator, are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Combined Arms Route Clearance Operation 30.

U.S. Army Spc. Tomas Paris, left, and U.S. Army Sgt. Jeffrey Maloney set up the mechanical claw on Maloney's vehicle before a night route clearance mission on Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province, May 23, 2014. Paris, a mechanic, and Maloney, a heavy equipment operator, are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Combined Arms Route Clearance Operation 30.

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