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U.S. Army soldiers prepare to conduct security checks near the Pakistan border on Combat Outpost Dand Patan in Afghanistan's Paktya province, Feb. 29, 2012. The soldiers are paratroopers assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment.

DAND PATAN PATROL

U.S. Army soldiers prepare to conduct security checks near the Pakistan border on Combat Outpost Dand Patan in Afghanistan's Paktya province, Feb. 29, 2012. The soldiers are paratroopers assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment.

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