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U.S. Army Cpl. Michael Tacker provides security while other members of the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team assess a bridge over the Panjshir River in Mahmood Rahqi, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2009. Tacker is an infantryman assigned to the team.

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U.S. Army Cpl. Michael Tacker provides security while other members of the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team assess a bridge over the Panjshir River in Mahmood Rahqi, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2009. Tacker is an infantryman assigned to the team.

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