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An Afghan National Army soldier smiles and shakes hands with U.S. Army Spc. Joshua D. Heinbuch after discovering a cache of weapons in Dag Mene, a village in eastern Kunar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2010. Heinbuch is an infantryman is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment.

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An Afghan National Army soldier smiles and shakes hands with U.S. Army Spc. Joshua D. Heinbuch after discovering a cache of weapons in Dag Mene, a village in eastern Kunar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2010. Heinbuch is an infantryman is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment.

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