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U.S. Army Spc. Evan A. Garriga checks the side of the road for possible improvised explosive devices during a patrol in the Ali Sham district in eastern Afghanistan's Laghman province, March 22, 2010. Garriga, a gunner, is assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. The team inspected a road a local contractor recently finished.

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U.S. Army Spc. Evan A. Garriga checks the side of the road for possible improvised explosive devices during a patrol in the Ali Sham district in eastern Afghanistan's Laghman province, March 22, 2010. Garriga, a gunner, is assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. The team inspected a road a local contractor recently finished.

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