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Two hands with a challenge coin in one hand to give the other

(Laura Rauch/Stars and Stripes)

Forward Operating Base Sharana, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011: Defense Secretary Robert Gates presents a Department of Defense coin to a soldier with the 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika province, Afghanistan.

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