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U.S. Army Capt. Joe Byrnes, Staff Sgt. Moises Ramirez, and Staff Sgt. Ariel Romero, guide a bulldozer into a reed field to create fire breaks, while working together with Iraqi soldiers in conducting a controlled fire to clear high brush so that an Iraqi outpost nearby has clear visibility of the area, near Tarmiyah, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2008. Byrnes and Romero are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 66th Engineer Company.

U.S. Army Capt. Joe Byrnes, Staff Sgt. Moises Ramirez, and Staff Sgt. Ariel Romero, guide a bulldozer into a reed field to create fire breaks, while working together with Iraqi soldiers in conducting a controlled fire to clear high brush so that an Iraqi outpost nearby has clear visibility of the area, near Tarmiyah, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2008. Byrnes and Romero are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 66th Engineer Company.

U.S. Army Capt. Joe Byrnes, Staff Sgt. Moises Ramirez, and Staff Sgt. Ariel Romero, guide a bulldozer into a reed field to create fire breaks, while working together with Iraqi soldiers in conducting a controlled fire to clear high brush so that an Iraqi outpost nearby has clear visibility of the area, near Tarmiyah, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2008. Byrnes and Romero are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 66th Engineer Company.

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