During a short break to eat and rest, Army Pfc. Chris J. Nielsen, an M249 squad automatic weapon gunner from Huntington Beach, Calif., assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, stands guard at a window during joint clearing operations in the Pech River Valley in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar Province Nov. 25. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, Task Force Bastogne Public Affairs

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