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A U.S. paratrooper directs a load handling system toward a flatrack truck bed before a combat logistics patrol mission on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 8, 2012. The flatrack can be loaded with supplies before or after it is hoisted onto the frame of the system.

A U.S. paratrooper directs a load handling system toward a flatrack truck bed before a combat logistics patrol mission on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 8, 2012. The flatrack can be loaded with supplies before or after it is hoisted onto the frame of the system.

A U.S. paratrooper directs a load handling system toward a flatrack truck bed before a combat logistics patrol mission on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 8, 2012. The flatrack can be loaded with supplies before or after it is hoisted onto the frame of the system.

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