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Soldiers of the joint force brace themselves against the CH-47 Chinook helicopter rotor wash at a helicopter landing zone in Zanakhan District, of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 31, 2009.

Soldiers brace themselves against the CH-47 Chinook helicopter rotor wash.

Soldiers of the joint force brace themselves against the CH-47 Chinook helicopter rotor wash at a helicopter landing zone in Zanakhan District, of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 31, 2009.

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