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U.S. Army Cpt. Gordon Richmond provides security while on patrol during Task Force Blue Geronimo in Taghawarq village in Afghanistan's Khost province, April 14, 2012. Gordon is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Cpt. Gordon Richmond provides security while on patrol during Task Force Blue Geronimo in Taghawarq village in Afghanistan's Khost province, April 14, 2012. Gordon is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Cpt. Gordon Richmond provides security while on patrol during Task Force Blue Geronimo in Taghawarq village in Afghanistan's Khost province, April 14, 2012. Gordon is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment.

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