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U.S. Army Sgt. Ricardo E. Maya keeps watch as 120mm white phosphorus mortar rounds hit the nearby ridgeline during a firefight at the an Afghan National Police checkpoint in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2010. Maya is assigned to the 327th Infantry Regiment's Company D, 1st Battalion, Task Force Bulldog.

U.S. Army Sgt. Ricardo E. Maya keeps watch as 120mm white phosphorus mortar rounds hit the nearby ridgeline during a firefight at the an Afghan National Police checkpoint in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2010. Maya is assigned to the 327th Infantry Regiment's Company D, 1st Battalion, Task Force Bulldog.

U.S. Army Sgt. Ricardo E. Maya keeps watch as 120mm white phosphorus mortar rounds hit the nearby ridgeline during a firefight at the an Afghan National Police checkpoint in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2010. Maya is assigned to the 327th Infantry Regiment's Company D, 1st Battalion, Task Force Bulldog.

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