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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Pries pauses to check a global positioning system during a search of the Qual-e Jala village, in Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2011. Pries is an engineer assigned to the 34th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Headquarters Company, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Redhorse.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Pries pauses to check a global positioning system during a search of the Qual-e Jala village, in Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2011. Pries is an engineer assigned to the 34th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Headquarters Company, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Redhorse.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Pries pauses to check a global positioning system during a search of the Qual-e Jala village, in Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2011. Pries is an engineer assigned to the 34th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Headquarters Company, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Redhorse.

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