Combat engineer, Sgt. Daniel Ritchie, detonates an insurgent’s improvised explosive device while conducting route clearance along Highway 1, July 23, 2012, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Ritchie serves with 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. Capt. Thomas Cieslak, Task Force 1-82 PAO

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