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A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Echo Company, 629th Military Intelligence Battalion, provides overwatch security at a checkpoint area near the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention center on Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 17, 2006. The company's main missions, as part of the task force, include perimeter security as well as acting as a quick reaction force should something happen inside the detention center.

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Echo Company, 629th Military Intelligence Battalion, provides overwatch security at a checkpoint area near the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention center on Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 17, 2006. The company's main missions, as part of the task force, include perimeter security as well as acting as a quick reaction force should something happen inside the detention center.

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Echo Company, 629th Military Intelligence Battalion, provides overwatch security at a checkpoint area near the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention center on Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 17, 2006. The company's main missions, as part of the task force, include perimeter security as well as acting as a quick reaction force should something happen inside the detention center.

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