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U.S. Army soldiers stack sandbags on their gun emplacement at sunset on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, April 25, 2012. The artillerymen are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment.

SANDBAG TOSS

U.S. Army soldiers stack sandbags on their gun emplacement at sunset on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, April 25, 2012. The artillerymen are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment.

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