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Army Pfc. Dustin Dean pulls security behind a machine gun while the rest of his platoon searches a farmhouse for intelligence during a platoon training and evaluation exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 27, 2011. Dean is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

PLATOON TRAINING

Army Pfc. Dustin Dean pulls security behind a machine gun while the rest of his platoon searches a farmhouse for intelligence during a platoon training and evaluation exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 27, 2011. Dean is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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