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Army 2nd Lt. Nick Shafer, left, strikes Army 1st Lt. Mathew Kyler during the finals of the welterweight division of the 2012 U.S. Army Combatives Championship on Fort Hood, Texas, July 28, 2012. Shafer, assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, won the match. Kyler is assigned to Fort Carson, Colo.

Army 2nd Lt. Nick Shafer, left, strikes Army 1st Lt. Mathew Kyler during the finals of the welterweight division of the 2012 U.S. Army Combatives Championship on Fort Hood, Texas, July 28, 2012. Shafer, assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, won the match. Kyler is assigned to Fort Carson, Colo.

Army 2nd Lt. Nick Shafer, left, strikes Army 1st Lt. Mathew Kyler during the finals of the welterweight division of the 2012 U.S. Army Combatives Championship on Fort Hood, Texas, July 28, 2012. Shafer, assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, won the match. Kyler is assigned to Fort Carson, Colo.

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