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U.S. Army soldiers brace themselves as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter blows dust and rocks before landing during Operation Champion Sword in Khost province, Salerno, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team, Focus Targeting Force.

KHOST LANDING

U.S. Army soldiers brace themselves as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter blows dust and rocks before landing during Operation Champion Sword in Khost province, Salerno, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team, Focus Targeting Force.

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