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U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut National Guard and Afghanistan National Army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 201st Corp, patrol a road outside of Forward Operating Base Kalagush, Afghanistan, on Jan. 9, 2007.

U.S. Army soldiers and Afghanistan National Army soldiers patrol a road outside of Forward Operating Base Kalagush, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut National Guard and Afghanistan National Army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 201st Corp, patrol a road outside of Forward Operating Base Kalagush, Afghanistan, on Jan. 9, 2007.

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