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U.S. Army 1st Lt. James D. Whitler, left, walks along his unit's perimeter and checks on U.S. Army Spc. Alan L. Villalobos, right, at a remote Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint near Takhteh Pol in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2013. Whitler, a platoon leader, and Villalobos, a infantryman, are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. James D. Whitler, left, walks along his unit's perimeter and checks on U.S. Army Spc. Alan L. Villalobos, right, at a remote Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint near Takhteh Pol in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2013. Whitler, a platoon leader, and Villalobos, a infantryman, are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. James D. Whitler, left, walks along his unit's perimeter and checks on U.S. Army Spc. Alan L. Villalobos, right, at a remote Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint near Takhteh Pol in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2013. Whitler, a platoon leader, and Villalobos, a infantryman, are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

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