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U.S. Army soldiers descend a mountaintop in the Paktya province while surveying a site for an observation post near the Enzarkay Pass, Afghanistan, March 2, 2012. The soldiers are paratroopers assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Gold Geronimo.

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U.S. Army soldiers descend a mountaintop in the Paktya province while surveying a site for an observation post near the Enzarkay Pass, Afghanistan, March 2, 2012. The soldiers are paratroopers assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Gold Geronimo.

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