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U.S. Army Spc. Jason Ous confers with other soldiers while building three cabins at the Disabled Veterans Rest Camp in Marine St. Croix, Minn., May 14, 2010. Ous is assigned to the Minnesota National Guard's 851st Vertical Engineering Company.

U.S. Army Spc. Jason Ous confers with other soldiers while building three cabins at the Disabled Veterans Rest Camp in Marine St. Croix, Minn., May 14, 2010. Ous is assigned to the Minnesota National Guard's 851st Vertical Engineering Company.

U.S. Army Spc. Jason Ous confers with other soldiers while building three cabins at the Disabled Veterans Rest Camp in Marine St. Croix, Minn., May 14, 2010. Ous is assigned to the Minnesota National Guard's 851st Vertical Engineering Company.

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