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Military Photos: A Week Inside the Armed Forces, June 30-July 6
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U.S. Army Specialist Kyle Jimenez from 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division plays with horseshoes during downtime at Combat Outpost Nangalam in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on July 4, 2012.