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A high angle view of the front gate of the forward operating base located at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The bivouac site located to the distant left (
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Forward Operating Base Robinson, Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 2006 | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London
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