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U.S. Army Master Sgt. Matthew Lamonica secures a landing zone in the Ajeristan district of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 19, 2010. Lamonica is assigned to the Texas Agribusiness Development Team, which provided security for an Afghan National Police Combat Outpost resupply mission

LANDING ZONE

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Matthew Lamonica secures a landing zone in the Ajeristan district of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 19, 2010. Lamonica is assigned to the Texas Agribusiness Development Team, which provided security for an Afghan National Police Combat Outpost resupply mission

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