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U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Schmidt provides evening security while looking through his night-vision goggles as the sun sets from a hilltop in Shal Valley in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province, Nov. 8, 2010. Schmidt, an infantry squad leader, is assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment.

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U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Schmidt provides evening security while looking through his night-vision goggles as the sun sets from a hilltop in Shal Valley in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province, Nov. 8, 2010. Schmidt, an infantry squad leader, is assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment.

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