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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vincent Garza, forth from left, and U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Turner, center, meet with a village leader outside Forward Operating Base Finley-Shields in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, March 1, 2013. Garza, a squad leader, and Turner, a forward observer, are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vincent Garza, forth from left, and U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Turner, center, meet with a village leader outside Forward Operating Base Finley-Shields in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, March 1, 2013. Garza, a squad leader, and Turner, a forward observer, are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vincent Garza, forth from left, and U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Turner, center, meet with a village leader outside Forward Operating Base Finley-Shields in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, March 1, 2013. Garza, a squad leader, and Turner, a forward observer, are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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