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U.S. Army Spc. Lee, center, and Army Capt. Jeremy Teter, right, address the concerns of the village elder during Operation Moose Kill II in Qalat, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2011. Lee and Teter are assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment. Afghan police and Company C soldiers searched the villages of Musa Khely and Nowrak to disrupt improvised bomb attacks.

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U.S. Army Spc. Lee, center, and Army Capt. Jeremy Teter, right, address the concerns of the village elder during Operation Moose Kill II in Qalat, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2011. Lee and Teter are assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment. Afghan police and Company C soldiers searched the villages of Musa Khely and Nowrak to disrupt improvised bomb attacks.

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