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The American flag reflects in the glasses of an U.S. Army officer as he reenlists as a paratrooper on Combat Outpost Qara Baugh in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 22, 2012. The soldier is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

The American flag reflects in the glasses of an U.S. Army officer as he reenlists as a paratrooper on Combat Outpost Qara Baugh in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 22, 2012. The soldier is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

The American flag reflects in the glasses of an U.S. Army officer as he reenlists as a paratrooper on Combat Outpost Qara Baugh in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 22, 2012. The soldier is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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