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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jared Dudley leads fellow soldiers back to Forward Operating Base Warrior from a combined mission with Afghan policemen during a weapons cache search of a compound in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan, April 8, 2012. Dudley is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jared Dudley leads fellow soldiers back to Forward Operating Base Warrior from a combined mission with Afghan policemen during a weapons cache search of a compound in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan, April 8, 2012. Dudley is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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