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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jared Tomberlin, left, and an interpreter pull security on top of a mountain ridge during a reconnaissance mission near Forward Operating Base Lane in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2009. Tomberlin is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.

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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jared Tomberlin, left, and an interpreter pull security on top of a mountain ridge during a reconnaissance mission near Forward Operating Base Lane in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2009. Tomberlin is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.

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