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U.S. Army Spc. Alexander Istenes tightens a chain on a truck holding military equipment before the return leg of a logisitics resupply convoy on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 9, 2012. Istenes, a truck driver, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 307th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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U.S. Army Spc. Alexander Istenes tightens a chain on a truck holding military equipment before the return leg of a logisitics resupply convoy on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 9, 2012. Istenes, a truck driver, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 307th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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