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The family of Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, from left, daughter-in-law Kasandra Greene, father Harold Greene, daughter Amelia Greene, son Army 1st Lt. Matthew Greene and his wife, Dr. Susan Myers sit for the funeral service for U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, August 14, 2014. Greene was killed in Afghanistan while at the national military academy in Kabul. He was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A service member bows his head during the funeral service for U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, August 14, 2014. Greene was killed in Afghanistan while at the national military academy in Kabul. He was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Family members, center, watch as members of the Old Guard carry the casket of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene into Section 60 for his funeral service at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, August 14, 2014. Greene was killed in Afghanistan while at the national military academy in Kabul. He was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Old Guard brings the casket of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene by caisson to Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery for his funeral service, Arlington, Va., Thursday, August 14, 2014. Greene was killed in Afghanistan while at the national military academy in Kabul. He was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Old Guard brings the casket of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene by caisson, left, to Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery for his funeral service, Arlington, Va., Thursday, August 14, 2014. Greene was killed in Afghanistan while at the national military academy in Kabul. He was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Old Guard get ready for the service for U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, August 14, 2014. Greene was killed in Afghanistan while at the national military academy in Kabul. He was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Old Guard get ready for the service for U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, August 14, 2014. Greene was killed in Afghanistan while at the national military academy in Kabul. He was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Visitors to Section 60 watch the service for U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, August 14, 2014. Greene was killed in Afghanistan while at the national military academy in Kabul. He was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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In this March 3, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Army, Brig. Gen. Harold Greene, right, speaks beside Gen. Ann Dunwoody at the Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass. Maj. Gen. Greene, the two-star Army general who on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, became the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be killed in either of America's post-9/11 wars, was an engineer who rose through the ranks as an expert in developing and fielding the Army's war materiel. He was on his first deployment to a war zone.(AP Photo/U.S. Army, David Kamm)

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Hughes MH-6 Little Bird, nicknamed the Killer Egg, and its attack variant AH-6, are light helicopters used for special operations in the United States Army. This little helicopter has proved its worth in Grenada, Nicaragua, Panama, Somalia and Iraq. They fulfilled a multitude of roles from observation, transport, to attack. Two US Army (USA) AH-6J Little Bird helicopters take off for a mission at a forward deployed location in southern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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NUMBER 9. HUGHES MH-6 LITTLE BIRD, nicknamed the Killer Egg, and its attack variant AH-6, are light helicopters used for special operations in the United States Army. This little helicopter has proved its worth in Grenada, Nicaragua, Panama, Somalia and Iraq. They fulfilled a multitude of roles from observation, transport, to attack. Two US Army (USA) AH-6J Little Bird helicopters take off for a mission at a forward deployed location in southern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

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NUMBER 9. HUGHES MH-6 LITTLE BIRD, nicknamed the Killer Egg, and its attack variant AH-6, are light helicopters used for special operations in the United States Army. This little helicopter has proved its worth in Grenada, Nicaragua, Panama, Somalia and Iraq. They fulfilled a multitude of roles from observation, transport, to attack. Two US Army (USA) AH-6J Little Bird helicopters take off for a mission at a forward deployed location in southern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

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** FILE ** A gas mask used by soldiers during World War I. (U.S. Army)

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A fire at an arch-span building at Afghan National Army Brigade Camp Sayar is seen here on Oct. 17, 2012. The fire incident report noted the building was 85 percent completed and burned in 30 minutes. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

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