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U.S. Army Sgt. Donald Armstrong explains a biometric scanning system to Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter during a training exercise to counter improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, on Fort Campbell, Ky., June 20, 2012. Armstrong is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division.

BIOMETRIC SYSTEM

U.S. Army Sgt. Donald Armstrong explains a biometric scanning system to Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter during a training exercise to counter improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, on Fort Campbell, Ky., June 20, 2012. Armstrong is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division.

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