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U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Lovett secures his sector of fire during a shura in Mizan, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2011. Lovett, a team leader assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, is deployed from Company C, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard.

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Lovett secures his sector of fire during a shura in Mizan, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2011. Lovett, a team leader assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, is deployed from Company C, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard.

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Lovett secures his sector of fire during a shura in Mizan, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2011. Lovett, a team leader assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, is deployed from Company C, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard.

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