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U.S. Army Pfc. Colin Rafferty operates a remote gun turret from within a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle while on a mission to escort his battalion commander to a security meeting in the Qara Bagh district in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 16, 2012. Rafferty is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Pfc. Colin Rafferty operates a remote gun turret from within a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle while on a mission to escort his battalion commander to a security meeting in the Qara Bagh district in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 16, 2012. Rafferty is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Pfc. Colin Rafferty operates a remote gun turret from within a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle while on a mission to escort his battalion commander to a security meeting in the Qara Bagh district in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 16, 2012. Rafferty is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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