We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 23, 2011

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US Army Spc. Jason Bruno secures an area during an assessment of the local bazaar in the Shah Joy district of Zabul province, Afghanistan, on December 7, 2011. Bruno is a rifleman assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul. DoD photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras, US Air Force.