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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, center, talks to U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Frank Downing, front, as the platoon manuevers on a position previously held by insurgents outside of Muqor in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 30, 2012. Prieto, a platoon leader, and Downing, a platoon sergeant, are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, center, talks to U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Frank Downing, front, as the platoon manuevers on a position previously held by insurgents outside of Muqor in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 30, 2012. Prieto, a platoon leader, and Downing, a platoon sergeant, are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, center, talks to U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Frank Downing, front, as the platoon manuevers on a position previously held by insurgents outside of Muqor in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 30, 2012. Prieto, a platoon leader, and Downing, a platoon sergeant, are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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