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U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class James Messer, right, and U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Cable talk to Afghans during a patrol in Jaba Village in the Boti Kot district in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, March 4, 2013. Messer and Cable are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class James Messer, right, and U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Cable talk to Afghans during a patrol in Jaba Village in the Boti Kot district in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, March 4, 2013. Messer and Cable are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class James Messer, right, and U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Cable talk to Afghans during a patrol in Jaba Village in the Boti Kot district in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, March 4, 2013. Messer and Cable are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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