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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Aldridge, 10th Mountain Division's Special Troops Battalion, pulls security as his fellow soldiers, Afghan National Army soldiers and U.S. Air Force airmen of the 755th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, move to an enemy weapons cache in Mandikowl, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2006.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Aldridge, 10th Mountain Division's Special Troops Battalion, pulls security as his fellow soldiers, Afghan National Army soldiers and U.S. Air Force airmen of the 755th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, move to an enemy weapons cache in Mandikowl, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2006.

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