A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team passes before the rising sun during a patrol into a village May 4, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.  The equipment on his back is used to block remotely detonated improvised explosive devices.
SGT Michael J. MacLeod
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