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FORT CARSON, CO - NOVEMBER 04: Soldiers bound for Afghanistan stand at parade rest during a departure ceremony on November 4, 2011 in Fort Carson, Colorado. Some 250 medical soldiers from the U.S. Army 10th Combat Support Hospital are deploying to Afghanistan in the next two weeks. Military doctors, nurses and medics from the unit will be sent to five forward operating bases across southern and western Afghanistan, tasked with saving the lives of wounded American, coalition and enemy wounded brought in from the battlefield. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

FORT CARSON, CO - NOVEMBER 04:  Soldiers bound for Afghanistan stand at parade rest during a departure ceremony on November 4, 2011 in Fort Carson, Colorado. Some 250 medical soldiers from the U.S. Army 10th Combat Support Hospital are deploying to Afghanistan in the next two weeks. Military doctors, nurses and medics from the unit will be sent to five forward operating bases across southern and western Afghanistan, tasked with saving the lives of wounded American, coalition and enemy wounded brought in from the battlefield.  (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)