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U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Nesheim checks identification at a traffic control point near Calehnasno village in the Bagram district of Parwan province, Afghanistan, July 4, 2009. Nesheim is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company B, Special Troops Battalion.

U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Nesheim checks identification at a traffic control point near Calehnasno village in the Bagram district of Parwan province, Afghanistan, July 4, 2009. Nesheim is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company B, Special Troops Battalion.

U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Nesheim checks identification at a traffic control point near Calehnasno village in the Bagram district of Parwan province, Afghanistan, July 4, 2009. Nesheim is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company B, Special Troops Battalion.

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