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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andy Short, right, leaps over an irrigation canal as U.S. Army Sgt. Donald Becker, left, gives a hand near the village of Gorchek in Afghanistan's Khowst province, March 30, 2012. Short, a squad leader, and Becker, a team leader, are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andy Short, right, leaps over an irrigation canal as U.S. Army Sgt. Donald Becker, left, gives a hand near the village of Gorchek in Afghanistan's Khowst province, March 30, 2012. Short, a squad leader, and Becker, a team leader, are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment.

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