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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey Buchheim radios headquarters to send an explosive ordinance disposal team after finding an improvised explosive device in the city of Jamal in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 29, 2011. Buchheim is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. The pressure plate device had about 20 pounds of homemade explosive in it.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey Buchheim radios headquarters to send an explosive ordinance disposal team after finding an improvised explosive device in the city of Jamal in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 29, 2011. Buchheim is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. The pressure plate device had about 20 pounds of homemade explosive in it.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey Buchheim radios headquarters to send an explosive ordinance disposal team after finding an improvised explosive device in the city of Jamal in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 29, 2011. Buchheim is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. The pressure plate device had about 20 pounds of homemade explosive in it.

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