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U.S. Army soldiers and Afghan National Security Forces load onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for an air assault mission, Combat Outpost Sayed Abad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, June 15, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade.

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U.S. Army soldiers and Afghan National Security Forces load onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for an air assault mission, Combat Outpost Sayed Abad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, June 15, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade.

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