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Army Lt. Col. Rob Salome, center left, commander of 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, greets Army Sgt. 1st Class Coy Tinsley as he returned home home after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 9, 2012.

Army Lt. Col. Rob Salome, center left, commander of 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, greets Army Sgt. 1st Class Coy Tinsley as he returned home home after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 9, 2012.

Army Lt. Col. Rob Salome, center left, commander of 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, greets Army Sgt. 1st Class Coy Tinsley as he returned home home after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 9, 2012.

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