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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand Americaís role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghansí lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand Americaís role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghansí lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Sgt. Chris Lindahl, Iowa National Guard's 2-34th BSB mechanic shop in the Parwan province of Afghanistan<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Sgt. Chris Lindahl, Iowa National Guard's 2-34th BSB mechanic shop in the Parwan province of Afghanistan<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Sgt. Damian Broderson, Iowa National Guard's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division in Gardez, Afghanistan<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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NEAR COP ZORMAT, AFGHANISTAN -- Pfc. Alexis Trucke, 18, of Dandbury, and an Afghan boy share a thumbs up while a number of Afghan men and boys clean the streets at the district center of Marwakh, near Combat Outpost Zormat, on Saturday, March 19, 2011. First Lt. Justin Schultz, of Council Bluffs, not pictured, and the 1-168th battalion of the Iowa National Guard's Delta Company worked with Shura leaders to set up a work for cash project in which locals boys and men cleaned up the streets of the bazaar. <br />
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  • Afghan National Police soldier Rashadullah, of Kabul, poses for a portrait outside of the women's detention center at the KCPC in Kabul. Rashadullah has been a police soldier for five months and had been with the Afghan National Army for four years.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • An Afghan man views the bodies of two insurgents killed in action near the village of Walli Kalay. Four members of the Iowa National Guard's 1-113th Cavalry Squadron engaged in contact with two insurgents at the bottom of the ravine. The insurgents were believed to have been pursuing an ambush on two of the squadron's soldiers.
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  • Afghan National Police soldier Rashadullah, of Kabul, poses for a portrait outside of the women's detention center at the KCPC in Kabul. Rashadullah has been a police soldier for five months and had been with the Afghan National Army for four years.
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  • An Afghan boy waits to sign up to clean the streets at the district police station of Marwakh, near Combat Outpost Zormat, on Saturday, March 19, 2011. First Lt. Justin Schultz, of Council Bluffs, not pictured, and the 1-168th battalion of the Iowa National Guard's Delta Company worked with Shura leaders to set up a work for cash project in which locals boys and men cleaned up the streets of the bazaar. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Sgt. John Matheson, 45, of Omaha poses for a portrait near Musahi, south of Kabul, on Friday, April 15, 2011. This is the second deployment for Matheson, who is part of the 1-134th Calvary Squadron of the Nebraska National Guard HHT. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Col. Tom Brewer poses for a portrait at the Nebraska State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. Brewer has spent much of the last year in recovery after a rocket-propelled grenade slammed into his vehicle in Afghanistan in 2011. Brewer said he hopes to return to Afghanistan. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Taylor Rudd of Lubbock, Texas, kneels to pray with his horse, White Horse, during the funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan on Friday, July 6, 2012, at St. Joseph Cemetery in York, Neb. Hunter, 21, died while serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on Saturday, June 23, 2012. | On assignment for the Omaha World-Herald<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life and love in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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Taylor Rudd of Lubbock, Texas, kneels to pray with his horse, White Horse, during the funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan at St. Joseph Cemetery in York, Neb. Hunter, 21, died while serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Veteran Mikhail Dasovich served as a Marine in Sangin in Afghanistan and now works with youth as part of Chicago's Urban Warriors program. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Veteran Mikhail Dasovich, who served as a Marine in Sangin in Afghanistan, shares his tattoos with participants of Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Veteran Mikhail Dasovich, who served as a Marine in Sangin in Afghanistan, shares his tattoos with participants of Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- <br />
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Virgil Huston is photographed at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Huston, an Iraq war veteran and Afghanistan contractor, has begun to take MDMA in the new trials to treat his PTSD.<br />
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Photos by Alyssa Schukar<br />
alyssa@alyssaschukar.com<br />
402-770-3968
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  • Iowa National Guard Spc. John Kerschner, 46, hugs four of his daughters including, from left, Grace, 14, Gianna, 7, Gaela, 9, and Gladys, 11, outside of their home in Clearfield, Iowa. Kerschner served at Combat Outpost Dand Patan with Bravo Company of the 1-168th battalion of the Iowa National Guard. “I don't want to say it was an enjoyable experience” in Afghanistan, Kerschner said. “But it was a worthwhile one.” | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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