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GERDA SERAI, Afghanistan — Ever since 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment built Patrol Base Devoe in April, life has been a little bit better around the area that Troop C controls. The base’s position on a mountaintop allows the troops to control an area that was once the launch site for frequent rocket and mortar attacks on nearby Combat Outpost Wilderness. But what seems on the surface to be an unambiguous good has actually created a new challenge for the unit. The insurgents’ abandonment of long-familiar patterns has Troop C busy working to uncover the enemy fighters’ new methods. The...