Staff Sgt. Donald Thornton, mortars section leader, and Spc. Aaron Greenwood, a mortarmen, wait for the CH-47 Chinook to depart for their exercise from Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, on Nov. 9, 2013. (Cory Titus/U.S. Army)

Our staff-selected photos of the week of the Army in action.

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