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    FORWARD OPERATING BASE RAMROD, AFGHANISTAN

    08.22.2009

    Photo by Senior Airman Erica Picariello 

    1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment

    Pfc. Kenneth Caldero and Cpl. Kristopher Timms, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment reconnaissance platoon soldiers, drag a moorage victim to a casualty collection point during the "Best Recon Challenge" Aug. 16 at Forward Operating Base Ramrod, located in the May wand District in Southern Afghanistan. Eleven two-man teams competed to put together a radio and receiver, buddy-climb over a wall, properly handle a trauma victim while calling in a medical evacuation 9-line, determine a 10-digit grid, execute mountaineering knots, assemble weapons and compete for marksmanship under stress.

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    Date Taken: 08.22.2009
    Date Posted: 08.22.2009 12:01
    Photo ID: 197481
    VIRIN: 090822-F-6354P-001
    Resolution: 1014x1236
    Size: 267.31 KB
    Location: FORWARD OPERATING BASE RAMROD, AF

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