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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Loomis eats his Thanksgiving meal around the firepit on Combat Outpost Cherkatah, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009. Loomis is deployed with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment.

FIREPIT THANKSGIVING

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Loomis eats his Thanksgiving meal around the firepit on Combat Outpost Cherkatah, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009. Loomis is deployed with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment.

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