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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brett Wood, front, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Rogers, left rear, and Spc. Terry Mills, right, scan for enemy activity as they prepare for an urgent medevac operation to rescue two stranded soldiers from a mountainside in Afghanistan's Khowst province, July 4, 2012.

MOUNTAINSIDE RESCUE

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brett Wood, front, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Rogers, left rear, and Spc. Terry Mills, right, scan for enemy activity as they prepare for an urgent medevac operation to rescue two stranded soldiers from a mountainside in Afghanistan's Khowst province, July 4, 2012.

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