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Staff Sgt. Salvador Lopez and Spc. Ashley Shaw take a knee.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvador Lopez (right) and Spc. Ashley Shaw, both assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Europe, take a knee while descending a mountain ridge near Forward Operation Base Lane in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on March 8, 2009.