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From right to left, North Dakota Recruit Training Battalion members Pvt. Nina Santiago, Pvt. Daniel Bettin and Pvt. Kurt Altenburg apply camouflage face paint during a "stripes-for-skills" event at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Fargo, N.D. April 10, 2010. The North Dakota Army National Guard event is part of a program to offer new soldiers a chance to be promoted based on their basic Army knowledge and skills.

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From right to left, North Dakota Recruit Training Battalion members Pvt. Nina Santiago, Pvt. Daniel Bettin and Pvt. Kurt Altenburg apply camouflage face paint during a "stripes-for-skills" event at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Fargo, N.D. April 10, 2010. The North Dakota Army National Guard event is part of a program to offer new soldiers a chance to be promoted based on their basic Army knowledge and skills.

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