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U.S. Army Sgt. John Clayton, with 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, makes his way through a river while on a joint patrol with soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division in the Arghandab River Valley of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 13, 2009.

Sgt. John Clayton makes his way through a river while on a joint patrol.

U.S. Army Sgt. John Clayton, with 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, makes his way through a river while on a joint patrol with soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division in the Arghandab River Valley of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 13, 2009.

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