We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for March 28, 2012

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Capt. Rudy Stevens, a chaplain with the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, reads the latest issue of the Army Times as he waits for his unit to board buses for the airport to deploy to Afghanistan March 21, 2012, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The chaplain’s unit is one of two infantry battalions that belong to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. US Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod.