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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Joyce shields his face from blowing snow and other debris as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands nearby in Afghanistan's Parwan province, on March 1, 2012. Joyce is a career counselor assigned to Task Force Poseidon.

Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Joyce shields his face from blowing snow and other debris as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Joyce shields his face from blowing snow and other debris as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands nearby in Afghanistan's Parwan province, on March 1, 2012. Joyce is a career counselor assigned to Task Force Poseidon.

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