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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Evans, right, takes notes as he sits with Sgt. Justin Martin, left, and an Afghan police officer during a patrol in the village of Spine Gundey in the Gelan district of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, May 10, 2012. Evans is assigned to the 340th Military Information Support Group, Detachment 156, and Martin is assigned to Company B, 303 Military Intelligence, 504th Brigade Special Troops Battalion.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Evans, right, takes notes as he sits with Sgt. Justin Martin, left, and an Afghan police officer during a patrol in the village of Spine Gundey in the Gelan district of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, May 10, 2012. Evans is assigned to the 340th Military Information Support Group, Detachment 156, and Martin is assigned to Company B, 303 Military Intelligence, 504th Brigade Special Troops Battalion.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Evans, right, takes notes as he sits with Sgt. Justin Martin, left, and an Afghan police officer during a patrol in the village of Spine Gundey in the Gelan district of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, May 10, 2012. Evans is assigned to the 340th Military Information Support Group, Detachment 156, and Martin is assigned to Company B, 303 Military Intelligence, 504th Brigade Special Troops Battalion.

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