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U.S. Army Spc. Ruben Aguilar gets a mine detector ready for use during a patrol near Mussayyib in Babil province in Iraq on Dec. 7, 2006. Aguilar is assigned as a paratrooper to D company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Spc. Ruben Aguilar gets a mine detector ready for use.

U.S. Army Spc. Ruben Aguilar gets a mine detector ready for use during a patrol near Mussayyib in Babil province in Iraq on Dec. 7, 2006. Aguilar is assigned as a paratrooper to D company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment.

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