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This M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, along with 83 others, was delivered last Friday to Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment armorers. Since then, M27 IAR gunners and armorers have received training on operating and maintaining the weapon system from Marine Corps Systems Command and gun makers Heckler and Koch.

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Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment armorers perform a function check on new M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles under the supervision of a Marine Corps Systems Command New Equipment Trainer last Friday. The 1/3 Marines will train and deploy with the weapons to provide feedback that will help decide the weapon systems future in the Marine Corps.

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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Yusha E. Thomas (L) joins David Jordan (2nd L), "America's Santa," as they try playing the WowWee "Paper Jamz" stringless guitars for a group of NYPD officers outside the U.S. Armed Forces recruiting station at Times Square in New York, December 15, 2010. Jordan will leave this evening for Iraq to deliver gifts to the troops, in an effort sponsored by The Spirit of Liberty Foundation, and WowWee has donated $25,000 worth of their toys to reach soldiers in Iraq and in military hospitals nationwide through the foundation.

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An AH-1W Super Cobra with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) departs from Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan to provide close air support on a joint Tactical Airstrike Request. The Cobra is one of several stationed at FOB Dwyer as part of a HMLA-169 detachment, which provides quick-response close air support for coalition and Afghan forces within the area.

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An AH-1W Super Cobra with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) rests staged next to a UH-60A Black Hawk at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan. The Cobra is one of several stationed at FOB Dwyer as part of a HMLA-169 detachment, which provides quick-response close air support for coalition and Afghan forces within the area. Marines of the squadron frequently lend maintenance support as well as armed escorts for the Black Hawk crew and pilots of the Charlie Company 214th Aviation Regiment "Dustoff."

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Sgt. Christopher Detwiler with Security Company, Combat Logistic Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), prepares to load a 240G machinegun into a vehicle in Helmand province, Afghanistan on Nov. 24. Security Company, CLR-15, 1st MLG(FWD) provided security for the convoy as it delivers supplies to Forward Operating Base Nolay, in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

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Sgt. Christopher Detwiler with Security Company, Combat Logistic Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), stands outside his vehicle as the sun sets in Helmand province, Afghanistan on Nov. 23. Security Company, CLR-15, 1st MLG (FWD) provided security for the convoy as it delivers supplies to Forward Operating Base Nolay, in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

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Lance Cpl. Derek Monroe with Security Company, and Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistic Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), drinks an energy drink while providing convoy security in Helmand province, Afghanistan on Nov. 22. Security Company, CLR-15, 1st MLG(FWD) provided security for the convoy as it delivers supplies to Forward Operating Base Nolay, in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

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U.S. Army Spcs. Joel Howard (left) and Bryan Couillard, both infantrymen providing security for the Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team, and both from Lowell, Mass., prepare for a patrol at Forward Operating Base Gardez Dec. 15. After having met in high school and graduating basic combat training together, they are now deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Barry Loo)

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U.S. Army Sgt. Michael L. Zickefoose, a team leader assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, provides security while keeping an eye on a recent avenue of approach Taliban used at the Charkh bazaar Dec. 11. Zickefoose, a Warren, Ohio, native, recently volunteered to leave the battalion’s scout platoon to lead troops in Charkh.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Michael L. Zickefoose, a team leader assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, takes a look at a potential threat at the Charkh bazaar Dec. 11. Zickefoose, a Warren, Ohio, native, recently volunteered to leave the battalion’s scout platoon to lead troops in Charkh. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Cooper T. Cash)

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Soldiers assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, patrol the streets at the Charkh bazaar Dec. 11. U.S. Army Capt. David J. Simmons, the commander of Co. B from Savannah, Ga., said, “The longer we are in the bazaar and show we aren’t leaving, the more comfortable people will be to come out and shop, but we have a long way to go.” (Photo by U.S. Army Cpl. Cooper T. Cash)

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U.S. Army Sgt. Michael L. Zickefoose, a team leader assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, jokes with children at the Charkh bazaar, Dec. 11. Zickefoose, a Warren, Ohio, native, recently volunteered to leave the battalion’s scout platoon to lead troops in Charkh. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Cooper T. Cash)

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U.S. Army Sgt. Jeremy A. Godkin, a sniper from Lyons, N.Y., assigned to Troop A, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Panther, attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division scans the mountains for Taliban activity during a joint patrol in the Sherzad District in eastern Afghanistan Dec. 23.

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In this Thursday, Dec 23, 2010 picture, Sgt. Benjamin Olivarez of Kingsville, Texas, with the 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 Infantry, tests his weapon at Badel Combat Outpost near Pakistani border in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan. The 101st Airborne Division, a force in America's major conflicts since World War II, is seeing its worst casualties in a decade as the U.S. surge in Afghanistan turns into the deadliest year in that war for the NATO coalition.

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US specialist Zachary Oles (L) and Sergeant Jesse Frederick (R) from 595th Sapper Company 2nd Engineers Battalion protect their ears while blowing up a wall in an abondoned house suspected to contain explosives, in Haji Ghaffar village during a clearance patrol in Zari district of Kandahar province on December 27, 2010. US Army soldiers patrol the abondoned village of Haji Ghaffar to re-clear the area from the explosives as the Afghan villagers have started moving back to their homes. The residents left their village about three years ago when it turned into a battlefield during the war against the Taliban.

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US specialist Zachary Oles (L) from 595th Sapper Company 2nd Engineers Battalion and Sergeant Isac Ortega (C) and Lieutenant Evan Slee (R) from Bravo Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division protect their ears in an abondoned house in Haji Ghaffar village, while blowing up an unexploded tank round during a clearance patrol in Zari district of Kandahar province on December 27, 2010. US Army soldiers patrol the abondoned village of Haji Ghaffar to clear the area from the explosives as the Afghan villagers have started moving back to their homes. The residents left their village, about three years ago, when it turned to a battlefield while the war against Talibans.

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A US soldier from Bravo Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division takes a picture of Afghan villager Mohammad Ras in Loya Derah village during a clearance patrol in Zari district of Kandahar province on December 28, 2010. US Army soldiers patrol the abondoned villages in Zari district to re-clear the area from the explosives as the Afghan villagers have started moving back to their homes. The residents left their village about three years ago when it turned into a battlefield against the

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US private first class Michael Schrantz from Bravo Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division rests between the two walking patrols inside the US JFM camp in Zari district of Kandahar province on December 29, 2010

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US specialist Eduardo Mendez from Bravo Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division gives a pen to an Afghan child in Loya Derah village in Zari district of Kandahar province on December 29, 2010

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Soldiers assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, and Afghan National Security Forces work to gain high ground before moving into a hostile village on day three of a six-day dismounted operation Dec. 21. Soldiers of Co. C and ANSF pushed through western Baraki Barak on a six-day foot patrol to eliminate Taliban influence and establish a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presence. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Cooper T. Cash, Task Force Patriot Public Affairs)

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KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces and a French Task Force Allobroges soldier pull security during Operation Blacksmith Hammer in the Alah Say Valley Dec. 29. (Photo by French Army Staff Sgt. Eric Lepichon, Task Force Lafayette)

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KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Force members with members of Task Force Allobroges conduct a patrol during Operation Blacksmith Hammer in the Alah Say Valley Dec. 29. (Photo by French Army Staff Sgt. Eric Lepichon, Task Force Lafayette)

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KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Steve Townsend (center), Regional Command - East deputy commanding general for operations, talks with French Army Brig. Gen. Jean-François Hogard (right), Task Force La Fayette commander, and Afghan Army Brig. Gen. Emam Nazar, 3rd Light Infantry Brigade commander, during Operation Blacksmith Hammer Dec. 30. (Photo by French Army Chief Sgt. Sabrina Vincent, Task Force Lafayette)

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Soldiers from Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force, along with members of the Afghan National Army, search a road for improvised explosive devices.

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Afghan children alert Corporal Martin, from 23 Pioneer Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, to the fact that there is a mine 100 metres away. (British Army photo/Sgt. Rupert Frere)

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A soldier from 23 Pioneer Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps, who are currently working as part of the Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan, searches for a possible device, while isolating an area along a main road due to be cleared by Afghan soldiers. (British Army photo/Sgt. Rupert Frere)

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Corporal Martin from 23 Pioneer Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps, who are currently working as part of the Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan carefully plots his search route and marks the area he has previously searched. British soldiers like him are passing on their skills to Afghan soldiers who are becoming increasingly capable in counter-IED techniques. (British Army photo/Sgt. Rupert Frere)

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U.S. soldiers and Afghan police move out on a foot patrol in the Isa Khan region of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, Dec. 28, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class John Queen

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Pararescuemen respond to a simulated 'mass casualty' scenario near Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2010. The Airmen are assigned to 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

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Capt. Nick Morgans prepares to load 'casualties' with other Airmen as an HH-60 Pave Hawk lands during a mass casualty scenario Dec. 24, 2010, near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Sergeant Wood and Captain Morgans are assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

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Cpl. Willy Escobedo, the 1st team leader for 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment sights in, looking for enemy activity in southern Sangin, Dec., 22, 2010. Escobedo is 26 years old and from Napa, Calif. The platoon was tasked with the operation of moving into the area to establish a new patrol base.

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USMC in Gunfight with the Taliban..

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A US soldier stands guard as the US military helicopter transporting US Vice President Joe Biden prepares to land at a US base in Maidan Shar Wardak province on January 11, 2011. US Vice President Joe Biden stressed that his country's troops could stay in Afghanistan after 2014 if Afghans want them to, on day two of a surprise visit to the war-torn nation. Speaking after talks with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Biden said: 'We're not leaving if you (Afghans) don't want us to leave'

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US Vice President Joe Biden, center, alights from a helicopter as he arrives at a forward operating base Airborne, in Maidan Shar, in Afghanistan's Wardak province, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011.

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U.S. Sailors assigned to a visit, board, search and seizure team and Coast Guardsmen assigned to the Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment Team embarked aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) conduct a counterpiracy operations briefing while under way in the Arabian Sea Jan. 1, 2011. The Lake Champlain is deployed with Commander, Task Force 151 supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael O'Day, U.S. Navy/Released)

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U.S. Marines assigned to the female engagement team (FET) attached to Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment conduct a security patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2011. The FET aids the infantry Marines by engaging Afghan women and children in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (DoD photo by Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum, U.S. Marine Corps /Released)

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U.S. Army Soldiers take cover as they receive fire on a riverbed near Combat Outpost Delorean in Bala Murghab in Afghanistan's Baghdis province, Jan. 9, 2011. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace

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PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Fred Schenk pilots F-35B test aircraft BF-2 for its first vertical landing in short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode on January 6, 2011. The F-35B is undergoing testing and evaluation during the program’s system design and development phase at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Photo courtesy Phaedra Loftis (Lockheed Martin).

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U.S. Army Spc. Chad Summerfield, 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal of Dunlap, Iowa, returns fire on insurgents who initiated an attack on the unit and Afghan National Army soldiers Jan 9. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Johnson, Task Force Lethal)

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A 310th Fighter Squadron pilot connects an F-16 Fighting Falcon to a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling Dec. 15, as part of exercise Cactus Starfighter. Refueling support came from a sole KC-135 Stratotanker out of Altus Air Force Base, Okla., which refueled 12 F-16s for the exercise.

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U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conduct a census patrol in Sangin, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2011. The Marines conduct patrols to suppress enemy activity and gain the trust of the people. The battalion, assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, conducted counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dexter S. Saulisbury/Released)

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U.S. Army Sgt. Jacob Blanco scans the area during an operation to clear insurgents in southern Howz-e-Madad, Afghanistan, Jan. 12, 2011. Blanco is with Charger Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. (DoD photo by Cpl. Robert Thaler, U.S Army/Released)

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Cpl. Jonathon Schannep and Sgt. Daniel Kahn, force reconnaissance Marines with 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, scout a beachfront during hydrographic reconnaissance training at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows in Waimanalo, Hawaii, Jan. 13, 2011. The training was part of a weeklong jump and dive training package that brought the unit, headquartered in Alameda, Calif., together with their Hawaii-based counterparts — 4th Force’s 4th platoon. Following a real-life mission, the data they collect — such as the size and frequency of wave crests, sediment type and slope of the beach — allows unit commanders to determine what type of landing and vehicles the beach’s composite supports, said Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike Weissman, a hospital corpsman with 2nd Platoon, 4th Force.

Sgt. Daniel Kahn, a force reconnaissance Marine with 1st Platoon, 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, scouts out the beachfront during hydrographic reconnaissance training at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows in Waimanalo, Hawaii, Jan. 13, 2011. The training was part of a weeklong jump and dive training package that brought the unit, headquartered in Alameda, Calif., together with their Hawaii-based counterparts — 4th Force’s 4th Platoon. “We are the tool our generals use to determine the geographical makeup of the land,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike Weissman, a hospital corpsman with 2nd Platoon, 4th Force. “Before he makes the decision to execute a mission, the beach’s gradient has to be surveyed. We come in clandestinely at night and make an underwater map of the beach for him.”

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An Iraqi Army tanker with the 9th Armored Division drives an M1A1 Abrams tank under the instruction of Soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division-Center Jan. 16 at Camp Taji, Iraq. The IA tankers are preparing for a 45-day New Equipment Operator’s Course this spring at the Besmaya Combat Training Center, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Chad Menegay, 196th MPAD, 25th Inf. Div., USD-C

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U.S. Marines carry a colleague wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED) to a waiting medevac helicopter from the United States Army's Task Force Shadow "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment in southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011

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U.S. Marines gather around a colleague wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED) as smoke marks the landing area for a medevac helicopter from the United States Army's Task Force Shadow "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment in southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.

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Sgt. Darryl McInstry, right, a medic with the United States Army's Task Force Shadow "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment leads Marines as they carry a Marine wounded by an improvised explosive device to a waiting medevac helicopter in southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.

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Marines with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment launch a high mobility artillery rocket system from Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Jan. 26. These systems have been used to support Marine infantry units operating throughout Helmand province in the fight against the Taliban

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US Marine from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo patrol during an operation in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 24, 2011.

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A US Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines passes a drawing on the wall at the Musa Qala District center base on January 27, 2011 in Helmand province. Presently roughly 97,000 troops are deployed in Afghanistan to try to turn around the war against Taliban insurgents.

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Sgt. Quincey Northern, a medic with the United States Army's Task Force Shadow "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment gathers his equipment after finishing a medevac mission and arriving back at Camp Dwyer, in southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011.

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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft with 442nd Fighter Squadron takes off from the flight line during the first day of exercise Red Flag 11-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 24, 2011. Red Flag is a combined exercise that provides a realistic combat training environment to the United States and its allies. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson, U.S. Air Force/Released)

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Air Force pararescuemen from 103rd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing, New York Air National Guard, and West Coast-based Navy SEALs leap from the ramp of an Air Force C-17 transport aircraft during free-fall parachute training over Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 21.

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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTA - JANUARY 29: Us troops and Afghan Policemen inspect the wreckage of the Deputy Governor's car after an attack by a suicide bomber on January 29, 2010 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Deputy Governor of Kandahar, Abdul Latif Ashna was killed and three of his body guards wounded when a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle packed with explosives rammed into the car, the Interior Ministry said

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