Spc. Josh Bates, a Sweetwater, Texas, native, looks past a Stryker while pulling a dismounted patrol in Talukan village, Oct. 22. Bates, a medic with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Atryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducts patrols with 3rd Bn., 21st Inf. Reg., on an almost daily basis; The company provides security for Afghan National Army engineers and engineers with the 73rd Engineer Company, Brigade Troops Battalion, 1SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., who are working on improves roads in and around Talukan. 111019-A-6041K-036 by 1 Stryker Brigade Combat Team A

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Spc. Josh Bates, a Sweetwater, Texas, native, looks past a Stryker while pulling a dismounted patrol in Talukan village, Oct. 22. Bates, a medic with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Atryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducts patrols with 3rd Bn., 21st Inf. Reg., on an almost daily basis; The company provides security for Afghan National Army engineers and engineers with the 73rd Engineer Company, Brigade Troops Battalion, 1SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., who are working on improves roads in and around Talukan. 111019-A-6041K-036 by 1 Stryker Brigade Combat Team Arctic Wolves

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