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U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Gilman looks out of the back of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the water damage while flying over the Swat Valley in Pakistan, Aug. 5, 2010. Gilman is a crew chief assigned to Company B, Task Force Knighthawk, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon.

FLOODED VALLEY

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Gilman looks out of the back of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the water damage while flying over the Swat Valley in Pakistan, Aug. 5, 2010. Gilman is a crew chief assigned to Company B, Task Force Knighthawk, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon.

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