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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Brown, 42nd Security Forces Squadron working dog handler at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., received a Purple Heart, Jan. 31, for wounds he sustained when he and his military working dog Nero were deployed to Iraq.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Brown, 42nd Security Forces Squadron working dog handler at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., received a Purple Heart, Jan. 31, for wounds he sustained when he and his military working dog Nero were deployed to Iraq.

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