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MARY F. CALVERT/THE WASHINGTON TIMES A private (center) is helped with his 100-pound pack at Forward Operating Base Salerno, as soldiers of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, Combined Task Force Currahee, prepare to leave on an Afghanistan mission.Mary F. Calvert/The Washington Times MOVING OUT: Members of Bravo Company, 506th Infantry Regiment, Combined Task Force Currahee, head for arriving helicopters Friday at Forward Operating Base Salerno in eastern Afghanistan to be airlifted on an assault mission against the Taliban in remote and dangerous Paktika province near the Pakistan border.