Afghanistan

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Far left, Senior Master Sgt. David Swan, 42, Corning, New York, and far right, Staff Sgt. Joshua Keyes, 30, Alturas, Cal., Para-rescueman or "PJ's", (Para-jumpers) of the 55th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron of the USAF, Saturday, October 24, 2009, in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, lead soldiers carrying a badly injured soldier to a waiting chopper during a rescue mission to bring in a "code alpha" casualty from the battlefield. ( Mary F. Calvert/ The Washington Times )