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Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Radcliffe (center), a Spring, Texas, native, talks with Army Lt. Col. Michael Pemrick (right), a Greenwich, N.Y., native, before a battlefield circulation patrol around northern Baghdad Aug. 14, 2008. Radcliffe is a team leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad. Pemrick is the 3rd BCT deputy commander. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Zach Mott, Multinational Division Baghdad

Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Radcliffe (center), a Spring, Texas, native, talks with Army Lt. Col. Michael Pemrick (right), a Greenwich, N.Y., native, before a battlefield circulation patrol around northern Baghdad Aug. 14, 2008. Radcliffe is a team leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad. Pemrick is the 3rd BCT deputy commander. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Zach Mott, Multinational Division Baghdad

Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Radcliffe (center), a Spring, Texas, native, talks with Army Lt. Col. Michael Pemrick (right), a Greenwich, N.Y., native, before a battlefield circulation patrol around northern Baghdad Aug. 14, 2008. Radcliffe is a team leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad. Pemrick is the 3rd BCT deputy commander. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Zach Mott, Multinational Division Baghdad

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