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U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Smith, left foreground, gives a training briefing before conducting a medical evacuation class on Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2013. Smith is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade.

U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Smith, left foreground, gives a training briefing before conducting a medical evacuation class on Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2013. Smith is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade.

U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Smith, left foreground, gives a training briefing before conducting a medical evacuation class on Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2013. Smith is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade.

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