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U.S. Army Spc. Brock Beers cuts a used vehicle rotor into smaller pieces to ensure that it will not be used by insurgents in Laghman province on Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, July 23, 2009.

FIGHTING INSURGENTS

U.S. Army Spc. Brock Beers cuts a used vehicle rotor into smaller pieces to ensure that it will not be used by insurgents in Laghman province on Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, July 23, 2009.

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