We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for March 7, 2011

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Engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team tie in a time fuse to a detonating-cord firing system during explosives training Feb. 23, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Explosives are a primary tool used by U.S. Army combat engineers. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)