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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ariel S. Sally secures an area near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border crossing known as the Friendship Gate during a meeting in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, 2013. Sally, an infantryman, is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ariel S. Sally secures an area near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border crossing known as the Friendship Gate during a meeting in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, 2013. Sally, an infantryman, is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ariel S. Sally secures an area near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border crossing known as the Friendship Gate during a meeting in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, 2013. Sally, an infantryman, is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

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