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U.S. Army Spc. Michael Ortiz, foreground, provides security for fellow soldiers during medical evacuation training in Yeoncheon, South Korea, Jan. 31, 2013. Ortiz, a multiple launch rocket system repairer specialist, is assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 210th Fires Brigade.

U.S. Army Spc. Michael Ortiz, foreground, provides security for fellow soldiers during medical evacuation training in Yeoncheon, South Korea, Jan. 31, 2013. Ortiz, a multiple launch rocket system repairer specialist, is assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 210th Fires Brigade.

U.S. Army Spc. Michael Ortiz, foreground, provides security for fellow soldiers during medical evacuation training in Yeoncheon, South Korea, Jan. 31, 2013. Ortiz, a multiple launch rocket system repairer specialist, is assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 210th Fires Brigade.

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