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U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Perez hands out water during a bridge quality assurance inspection along Highway 1 in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2011. Perez is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force and is deployed from the Massachusetts National Guard.

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Perez hands out water during a bridge quality assurance inspection along Highway 1 in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2011. Perez is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force and is deployed from the Massachusetts National Guard.

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Perez hands out water during a bridge quality assurance inspection along Highway 1 in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2011. Perez is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force and is deployed from the Massachusetts National Guard.

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