**TUESDAY AUG 18. 2009 PHOTO** In this Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009 photo, Sgt. Jacob Hayes, 25, of Welcome Md., of the U.S. Army's 2nd Platoon Apache Company of 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., smokes a cigarette at Combat Outpost Tangi in Afghanistan's Wardak Province. Apache company lost 22 soldiers to injuries and one killed on a month that saw 48 IED's, 7 that were attacks, 41 diffused or destroyed in that timeframe. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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