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U.S. Army Spc. Elijah Broughton, right, shields his face as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands before an Afghan Border Patrol outpost assessment on Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2013. Broughton is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Security Force Advise and Assist Team Gambit, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Spc. Elijah Broughton, right, shields his face as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands before an Afghan Border Patrol outpost assessment on Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2013. Broughton is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Security Force Advise and Assist Team Gambit, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Spc. Elijah Broughton, right, shields his face as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands before an Afghan Border Patrol outpost assessment on Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2013. Broughton is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Security Force Advise and Assist Team Gambit, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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