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A Special Jets Scrimmage in Afghanistan

A game of flag football is something we might take for granted here in the United States. But if you are service members from the 10th Mountain Division and the 25th Signal Battalion of the U.S. Army as well as Soldiers of the 518th Resolute Support Sustainment Brigadestationed at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, then a Jets-themed flag football game can take on an entirely different meaning.

“If you look at some of the other pictures from the game, you see a giant cement wall in the background.