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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Robert Cudd prepares his equipment before a personnel and equipment movement mission on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2013. Cudd, a pilot, is assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion General Support, 36th Combat Aviation Brigade.

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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Robert Cudd prepares his equipment before a personnel and equipment movement mission on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2013. Cudd, a pilot, is assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion General Support, 36th Combat Aviation Brigade.

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