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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mick Miller shows an Afghan villager how to place his finger on a handheld identity detection device to scan his fingerprint in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. Miller, a squad leader, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

IDENTITY DEVICE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mick Miller shows an Afghan villager how to place his finger on a handheld identity detection device to scan his fingerprint in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. Miller, a squad leader, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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