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Army Sgt. Murray Spence (left), an infantry scout sniper originally from Canada, reads the serial number of his M-24 sniper rifle as Army Staff Sgt. Tommy Peek, Spence’s platoon sergeant from Fort Polk, La., verifies the number during an inventory at Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Iraq, July 8, 2008. Both soldiers are assigned to Multinational Division Baghdad with Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Meadows, Multinational Division Baghdad

Army Sgt. Murray Spence (left), an infantry scout sniper originally from Canada, reads the serial number of his M-24 sniper rifle as Army Staff Sgt. Tommy Peek, Spence’s platoon sergeant from Fort Polk, La., verifies the number during an inventory at Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Iraq, July 8, 2008. Both soldiers are assigned to Multinational Division Baghdad with Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Meadows, Multinational Division Baghdad

Army Sgt. Murray Spence (left), an infantry scout sniper originally from Canada, reads the serial number of his M-24 sniper rifle as Army Staff Sgt. Tommy Peek, Spence’s platoon sergeant from Fort Polk, La., verifies the number during an inventory at Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Iraq, July 8, 2008. Both soldiers are assigned to Multinational Division Baghdad with Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Meadows, Multinational Division Baghdad

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