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U.S. Army Spc. Cory Bell patrols during Task Force Blue Geronimo in Taghawarq village in Afghanistan's Khost province, April 14, 2012. Bell is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment. The soldiers and Afghan Border Police searched the village for a reported weapons cache to deny insurgents freedom of movement.

U.S. Army Spc. Cory Bell patrols during Task Force Blue Geronimo in Taghawarq village in Afghanistan's Khost province, April 14, 2012. Bell is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment. The soldiers and Afghan Border Police searched the village for a reported weapons cache to deny insurgents freedom of movement.

U.S. Army Spc. Cory Bell patrols during Task Force Blue Geronimo in Taghawarq village in Afghanistan's Khost province, April 14, 2012. Bell is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment. The soldiers and Afghan Border Police searched the village for a reported weapons cache to deny insurgents freedom of movement.

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