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    A male individual in tactical/military gear is seated inside what appears to be a military vehicle. He is equipped with body armor, a tactical vest, a firearm, and various accessories consistent with special operations or military personnel. He wears a shemagh scarf, baseball cap, and Oakley sunglasses.

    AFGHANISTAN

    10.19.2010

    Photo by Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace  

    100th Air Refueling Wing   

    Tech. Sgt. Ted Hofknecht, 321st Special Tactics Squadron, rides toward a combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan. Hofknecht, a Crossville, Tenn., native, was attached to an elite Army Green Beret unit tasked with providing foreign internal defense to coalition forces operating in Afghanistan and was honored at the Jewish Institute of National Security Affairs awards dinner in Washington D.C., Nov. 7, 2011, receiving the JINSA Grateful Nation Award. Only six service members receive the award annually.

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    Date Taken: 10.19.2010
    Date Posted: 06.28.2012 10:58
    Photo ID: 614011
    VIRIN: 111103-F-WU507-101
    Resolution: 1000x1400
    Size: 1.35 MB
    Location: AF
    Web Views: 194
    Downloads: 7

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