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A U.S. Army mine resistant ambush protected vehicle follows a route clearance convoy with soldiers assigned to the 41st Engineers Company, in the Tangi Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2009. The soldiers aboard the MRAP are assigned to the 118th Military Police Company, 16th Military Police Brigade.

A U.S. Army mine resistant ambush protected vehicle follows a route clearance convoy with soldiers assigned to the 41st Engineers Company, in the Tangi Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2009. The soldiers aboard the MRAP are assigned to the 118th Military Police Company, 16th Military Police Brigade.

A U.S. Army mine resistant ambush protected vehicle follows a route clearance convoy with soldiers assigned to the 41st Engineers Company, in the Tangi Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2009. The soldiers aboard the MRAP are assigned to the 118th Military Police Company, 16th Military Police Brigade.

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