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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Wilhoit, center kneeling, records the fingerprints of an Afghan villager using a secure electronic enrollment kit during a patrol near Mohammad Abad village in Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2013. Wilhoit, a combat engineer, is assigned to the 307th Engineer Battalion.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Wilhoit, center kneeling, records the fingerprints of an Afghan villager using a secure electronic enrollment kit during a patrol near Mohammad Abad village in Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2013. Wilhoit, a combat engineer, is assigned to the 307th Engineer Battalion.

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