We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 5, 2009

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U.S. Army paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, run off a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during an air-assault mission to search the area of Khost province, Afghanistan during Operation Champion Sword, July 29. (Photo courtesy army.mil.)