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Coalition soldiers assigned to the joint force brace themselves against a CH-47 Chinook helicopter's rotor wash at the helicopter landing zone in the Zanakhan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, Oct. 31, 2009.

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Coalition soldiers assigned to the joint force brace themselves against a CH-47 Chinook helicopter's rotor wash at the helicopter landing zone in the Zanakhan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, Oct. 31, 2009.

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