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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Duffy and Spc. Michael Bartolo navigate through rice paddies and corn fields while on a combat patrol to sweep for roadside bomb triggermen in the Alingar district in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Aug. 7, 2011. Duffy and Bartolo are assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Duffy and Spc. Michael Bartolo navigate through rice paddies and corn fields while on a combat patrol to sweep for roadside bomb triggermen in the Alingar district in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Aug. 7, 2011. Duffy and Bartolo are assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Duffy and Spc. Michael Bartolo navigate through rice paddies and corn fields while on a combat patrol to sweep for roadside bomb triggermen in the Alingar district in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Aug. 7, 2011. Duffy and Bartolo are assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team.

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