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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Scott Buckmaster listens to his interpreter during a halt of their ground assault convoy in a simulated Afghan village at the Joint Maneuver Training Center on Camp Atterbury, Ind., on Jan. 8, 2008. Buckmaster and other soldiers with the 28th Finance Company are preparing for deployment to Afghanistan.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Scott Buckmaster listens to his interpreter.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Scott Buckmaster listens to his interpreter during a halt of their ground assault convoy in a simulated Afghan village at the Joint Maneuver Training Center on Camp Atterbury, Ind., on Jan. 8, 2008. Buckmaster and other soldiers with the 28th Finance Company are preparing for deployment to Afghanistan.

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