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U.S. Army Cpl. Casey Liffrig, of Pinehurst, N.C., watches for insurgent forces as heavy sniper fire rains down on his position, during a three-hour firefight with militants in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. Liffrig, and fellow members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, have been battling militant forces since arriving in Afghanistan last June. (5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller)