We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 8, 2010

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LAKE PLACID, NY—A New York Army National Guard Soldier from the 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry keeps his head down while serving as brakeman on a sled speeds down the Mount Van Hoevenberg bobsled track during the Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge in 2009. (US Army photo by Lt. Col. Robert Bullock.)