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As seen through a night-vision device, a soldier communicates with the pilot before taking off after refueling his AH-64 Apache helicopter at a forward arming and refueling point as part of a battalion exercise on McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover, S.C., Jan. 10, 2015.

As seen through a night-vision device, a soldier communicates with the pilot before taking off after refueling his AH-64 Apache helicopter at a forward arming and refueling point as part of a battalion exercise on McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover, S.C., Jan. 10, 2015.

As seen through a night-vision device, a soldier communicates with the pilot before taking off after refueling his AH-64 Apache helicopter at a forward arming and refueling point as part of a battalion exercise on McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover, S.C., Jan. 10, 2015.

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