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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andy Short, a squad leader assigned to the 3rd Platoon, Apache Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo, leaps over an irrigation canal near the village of Gorchek, Khost province, Afghanistan, during Operation Naruz, or New Year on March 30, 2012.

Staff Sgt. Andy Short leaps over an irrigation canal.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andy Short, a squad leader assigned to the 3rd Platoon, Apache Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo, leaps over an irrigation canal near the village of Gorchek, Khost province, Afghanistan, during Operation Naruz, or New Year on March 30, 2012.

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