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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Tardio (right) assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment briefs his squad on tactical movements before his team runs through a practice drill during a 10-day French Tactical Desert Survival Training Course while deployed with Combined Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa, at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, on May 7, 2008.

Staff Sgt. Matthew Tardio briefs his squad on tactical movements.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Tardio (right) assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment briefs his squad on tactical movements before his team runs through a practice drill during a 10-day French Tactical Desert Survival Training Course while deployed with Combined Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa, at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, on May 7, 2008.

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