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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Tech. Sgt. Stephen Vermilya cleans a 50-caliber machine gun, Dec. 5, 2009. Cleaning a weapon is just as important as knowing how to use one. Sergeant Vermilya is a combat arms instructor with the 451st Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

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Published Dec. 7, 2009