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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvador Lopez, left, and Spc. Jeffery Lewis, use the scopes on their weapons to scan for the enemy from a mountain ridge near Forward Operation Base Lane in Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 8, 2009. Lopez and Lewis are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.

ENEMY SCAN

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvador Lopez, left, and Spc. Jeffery Lewis, use the scopes on their weapons to scan for the enemy from a mountain ridge near Forward Operation Base Lane in Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 8, 2009. Lopez and Lewis are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.

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