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U.S. Army Pvt. Daniel Rodriguez, left, climbs a ladder to provide security on a roof top as U.S. Army Spc. Taylor Middlebrooks, right, gives him a hand during Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012. Rodriguez and Middlebrooks are assigned to Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Pvt. Daniel Rodriguez, left, climbs a ladder to provide security on a roof top as U.S. Army Spc. Taylor Middlebrooks, right, gives him a hand during Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012. Rodriguez and Middlebrooks are assigned to Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Pvt. Daniel Rodriguez, left, climbs a ladder to provide security on a roof top as U.S. Army Spc. Taylor Middlebrooks, right, gives him a hand during Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012. Rodriguez and Middlebrooks are assigned to Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment.

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