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Soldier transforms 7-year-old Kayiah into camouflaged Army Ranger - Download Hi-Res photo A Soldier transforms 7-year-old Kayiah into a camouflaged Army Ranger at the 6th Ranger Training Battalion’s annual open house on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 12, 2012. The event enabled the public to learn how Rangers train and operate, showing dive equipment, weapons, a reptile zoo and zodiac boats.

Private Richard Mitchell, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, visits with children of a village in Afghanistan - Download Hi-Res photo Pvt. Richard Mitchell, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, visits with children of a village in northern Qalat, Afghanistan, May 16, 2012. The children of the village received humanitarian aid from the PRT during the U.S. and Romanian's visit to assess security and irrigation in the village.

Paratrooper with 82nd Airborne Division, provides overwatch security after firefight - Download Hi-Res photo A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, provides overwatch security to fellow paratroopers and Afghan National Security Forces after a firefight, May 17, 2012, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The agricultural areas surrounding Combat Outpost Giro are a haven for insurgent activities.

Dust lights up rotors of CH-47 Chinook helicopter as paratroopers with 3rd Squadron, load for an air assault mission - Download Hi-Res photo Dust lights up the rotors of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as paratroopers with 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, load for an air assault mission near Combat Outpost Ab Band, May 23, 2012, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The unit is part of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, which deployed to the area in March to help bring security to the areas along the country’s main road between Kabul and Kandahar.

United States Soldier with 2nd Cavalry Regiment, takes cover in high grass - Download Hi-Res photo A U.S. Soldier with Hawk Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, takes cover in high grass at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, May 24, 2012, while conducting company external evaluations. The evaluations assessed the company's troop-leading procedures and combined arms abilities.