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U.S. paratroopers stage inside a grove of trees before moving to a helicopter landing zone to return to Forward Operating Base Arian following a three-day clearing operation of a remote mountain village in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 4, 2012.

U.S. paratroopers stage inside a grove of trees before moving to a helicopter landing zone to return to Forward Operating Base Arian following a three-day clearing operation of a remote mountain village in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 4, 2012.

U.S. paratroopers stage inside a grove of trees before moving to a helicopter landing zone to return to Forward Operating Base Arian following a three-day clearing operation of a remote mountain village in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 4, 2012.

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