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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Stephen Neppl (left), from Hancock, N.H., assigned to the 3rd Detachment, 826th Ordnance Company, conducts a joint patrol with the local Iraqi Police, at the point of impact, after the Aug. 17th rocket attacks by insurgents, near Contingency Operations Base Basra, Basra, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2009. A medic from the unit examined and redressed the arm wound of a young Iraqi girl who was injured by the attack. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 090818-F-2575B-011

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Chris Branam, from Odessa, Texas, demonstrates how to perform a personnel search on Capt. Paul Dixon, from Charlotte, N.C., for the soldiers of the Iraqi Shurta, Department of Border Enforcement Team, as Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Kirksey, demonstrates how and where security is needed during the search, as part of the body search class, in Basra, Iraq, Sept. 2, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 090902-F-2575B-018

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Soldiers of the Iraqi Shurta, Department of Border Enforcement Team, perform personnel searches on each other as part of the body search class, in Basra, Iraq, Sept. 2, 2009. U.S. Soldiers of the 1st Commando Battalion, Battalion Transition Team, teach the courses to instill self-confidence in self-defense, map reading, the global positioning system, first-aid and personnel searches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 090902-F-2575B-064

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Soldiers of the Iraqi Shurta, Department of Border Enforcement Team, perform personnel searches on each other as part of the body search class, in Basra, Iraq, Sept. 2, 2009. U.S. Soldiers of the 1st Commando Battalion, Battalion Transition Team, teach the courses to instill self-confidence in self-defense, map reading, the global positioning system, first-aid and personnel searches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 090902-F-2575B-076

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Local school officials hand out supplies to students during a humanitarian-aid mission with the Iraqi Police and U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, to drop off supplies at a school in Kit-Kah, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2009.

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Iraqi soldiers walk back to their High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, (Humvee), after conducting a joint patrol with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1314th Civil Affairs Company, 17th Fires Brigade, to gather information about the local area and nearby bridge traffic, at Najibiyah, near Basra, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 090929-F-2575B-055

U.S. Army Pfc. Matthew McPherson, from Charlotte, N.C., assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, shakes hands with an Iraqi soldier inside the 2nd Iraqi Army company compound during a mission to follow-up on micro-grant

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payments in Lazaka, Iraq, Oct. 2, 2009.

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and an officer from the 2nd Iraqi Army Company, speak with a local mukhtar during a mission to follow-up on micro-grant payments in Lazaka, Iraq, Oct. 2, 2009.

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Lt Col Scott A. Petersen, Commander, 65th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command,

rs from the 65th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, and Iraqi soldiers from the 4th