Pfc. Alex Christensen with the 569th Engineer Company, Fort Carson, Colo., provides security in a turret during Operation Southern Strike III in the district of Takhteh Pol, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2012. The engineers cleared the site of IED threats in anticipation of the construction of an Afghan Uniformed Police substation. Operation Southern Strike III 120907-A-DL064-203

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