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Military Photos: A Week Inside the Armed Forces June 23-29
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A soldier from the 4th Platoon, Dagger Company of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment smokes a cigarette before preparing for a mission at Combat Outpost Nangalam in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province, June 28, 2012.
