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U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Lovett climbs down a hill during a patrol in a local village in Mizan district, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2011. Lovett is a team leader assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, and deployed from Company C, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard.

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Lovett climbs down a hill during a patrol in a local village in Mizan district, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2011. Lovett is a team leader assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, and deployed from Company C, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard.

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Lovett climbs down a hill during a patrol in a local village in Mizan district, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2011. Lovett is a team leader assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, and deployed from Company C, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard.

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