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U.S. Army Pfc. Jared Johnson provides security during a patrol outside the village of Kalian near Combat Outpost Zormat in Afghanistan's Paktya province, May 30, 2012. Johnson is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Pfc. Jared Johnson provides security during a patrol outside the village of Kalian near Combat Outpost Zormat in Afghanistan's Paktya province, May 30, 2012. Johnson is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Pfc. Jared Johnson provides security during a patrol outside the village of Kalian near Combat Outpost Zormat in Afghanistan's Paktya province, May 30, 2012. Johnson is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment.

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