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Australian Army Lieutenant Josh Kolo is a platoon commander for the Force Protection Element assigned with providing security for the mentors working with the 205th Corps Coalition Advisory Team in Kandahar.

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Private Eric Goudswaard, transport detachment, maintains the Protected Mobility Vehicles at the main support base in the Middle East.

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As one, an entire battery of Artillerymen load gun rounds into the chambers of the Army’s new all-digital M119A3 105mm lightweight howitzers and introduce the Strike Brigade to artillery’s digital age. Within the Fort Campbell training areas, June 7, the Soldiers and gun teams of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team "STRIKE", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) validate their new howitzers, which provide a more accurate and responsive fires to the Strike maneuver forces.

(US Army photo by Sgt. Ryan Sharp, @2nd BCT PAO, 101st Abn. Div.)

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Army Spc. Joshua Kanavalov, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, watches for activity as his convoy moves to its next location during convoy operations at Training Area 412 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson JBER (official), Alaska, May 14.

U.S. Air Force photo by Percy G. Jones

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I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade

Warrior Ethos

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steven Wentzell, the partnership training non-commissioned officer in charge assigned to the 725th EOD, overlooks the investigation process during simulated improvised explosive device training with Afghan soldiers at Forward Operating Base Sharana, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2012. The training provided will help certify designated Afghan army personnel to be explosive ordnance disposal technicians.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gene Arnold, Task Force 4-1 PAO)

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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alex Rojas, a scout sniper from Portland Ore., and assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, fills out his data book at a live fire range on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, March 23, 2013. Rojas was at the range to calibrate his weapon before conducting operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) 

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U.S. Army Pfc. Rolanda Chavarria Jr., a Sublette, Kan. native, and member of Provincial Reconstruction Team security force platoon, 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), positions himself on a tower at the Watapur District Center to provide perimeter security. Members of the security force platoon provide a safe perimeter to enable other members of the PRT the opportunity to conduct meetings with district level government officials.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Colleen Anderson, PRT Kunar)

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Two Soldiers with the Sarkani/Marawara AUP District Headquarters, Security Force Advisory and Assistance Team, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Bastogne, mount an M2 .50C caliber machine gun onto their MATV at Forward Operating Base Joyce, Afghanistan.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jon Heinrich, CT 1-101 Public Affairs)