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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Thomas Goodman, of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal Warrior, patrols through a local village in Sekret Valley, Afghanistan, on May 5, 2010.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Thomas Goodman patrols through a local village in Sekret Valley.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Thomas Goodman, of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal Warrior, patrols through a local village in Sekret Valley, Afghanistan, on May 5, 2010.

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