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Army Capt. Dennis Edwards, right, an operations officer assigned to Task Force Lobos, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and recipient of the Soldier’s Medal, the Army’s highest peacetime award for valor, stands next to Army Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas

Army Capt. Dennis Edwards, right, an operations officer assigned to Task Force Lobos, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and recipient of the Soldier’s Medal, the Army’s highest peacetime award for valor, stands next to Army Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas

Army Capt. Dennis Edwards, right, an operations officer assigned to Task Force Lobos, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and recipient of the Soldier’s Medal, the Army’s highest peacetime award for valor, stands next to Army Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas

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