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Staff Sgt. Mickey Steppe informs an Army pilot of the current weather conditions prior to take off on Forward Operating Base Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2013. Airmen assigned to the 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron are embedded throughout Afghanistan with Army units. Steppe is deployed from Virginia Air National Guard Headquarters and a native of Richmond, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade)