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    • Army veteran Charles Minkowitz of Washington, D.C., salutes The U.S. Army Band ensemble Downrange at the conclusion of their set at the Washington Auto Show Jan. 31, 2012. Downrange performed before Dancing with the Stars champion J.R. Martinez and professional wrestling great Sgt. Slaughter and were introduced to the military reception.

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      Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, commander of XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg shakes hands with Maj. Brendan P. Murphy, of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, after presenting him with the Distinguished Flying Cross Monday, at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum. Murphy, then a captain assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Brigade, distinguished himself by rescuing ground forces while under enemy fire as the Air Mission Command and pilot in command of a CH-47D helicopter, Sept. 5, 2010, during Operation Enduring Freedom X. Murphy is joined by his wife, Capt. Katherine Murphy of the Fort Bragg Judge Advocate Corps.

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