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A U.S. paratrooper gives a high five to an Afghan boy while on patrol in a village near Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 29, 2012.

HIGH-FIVE ROUND

A U.S. paratrooper gives a high five to an Afghan boy while on patrol in a village near Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 29, 2012.

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