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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Rios walks into a village in Jalrez Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2009. This was the troops’ first stop in the village as they work their way out from the nearby combat outpost Apache.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Rios walks into a village in Jalrez Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2009. This was the troops’ first stop in the village as they work their way out from the nearby combat outpost Apache.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Rios walks into a village in Jalrez Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2009. This was the troops’ first stop in the village as they work their way out from the nearby combat outpost Apache.

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