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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2009 – The 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team is taking up positions in eastern Afghanistan that until now have had little coalition presence. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter airlifts a 155 MM howitzer onto Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Amber Robinson  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The BCT, known as ‘Task Force Spartan,’ and based at Fort Drum, N.Y., was rerouted from Iraq to Afghanistan in the fall. As the first substantial illustration of the new military focus in Afghanistan, the brigade will be moving into forward...