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U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Bast, left, and fellow paratroopers leave Combat Outpost Giro on a patrol in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012. Bast is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. Their platoon has made contact with the enemy during each of the last six patrols.

U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Bast, left, and fellow paratroopers leave Combat Outpost Giro on a patrol in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012. Bast is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. Their platoon has made contact with the enemy during each of the last six patrols.

U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Bast, left, and fellow paratroopers leave Combat Outpost Giro on a patrol in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012. Bast is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. Their platoon has made contact with the enemy during each of the last six patrols.

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