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U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Alderson talks on the radio while patrolling a village in the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2009. Alderson is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division’s Company A, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Alderson talks on the radio while patrolling a village in the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2009. Alderson is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division’s Company A, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Alderson talks on the radio while patrolling a village in the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2009. Alderson is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division’s Company A, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

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