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Army Pfc. Dustin Dean provides security behind a machine gun while the rest of his platoon searches a farmhouse for intelligence during a platoon training and evaluation exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on April 27, 2011. Dean is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Pfc. Dustin Dean provides security behind a machine gun.

Army Pfc. Dustin Dean provides security behind a machine gun while the rest of his platoon searches a farmhouse for intelligence during a platoon training and evaluation exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on April 27, 2011. Dean is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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