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Afghan soldiers assist U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael Vit out of a riverbed while conducting patrols near the village of Lowy Manarah in the Arghanda district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2011. Viti is assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.

RIVERBED REACH

Afghan soldiers assist U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael Vit out of a riverbed while conducting patrols near the village of Lowy Manarah in the Arghanda district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2011. Viti is assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.

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