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A U.S. soldier sets up his M2 machine gun on his tactical vehicle before a night route clearance mission on Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province, May 23, 2014.

A U.S. soldier sets up his M2 machine gun on his tactical vehicle before a night route clearance mission on Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province, May 23, 2014.

A U.S. soldier sets up his M2 machine gun on his tactical vehicle before a night route clearance mission on Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province, May 23, 2014.

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