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U.S. Air Force airmen gather around for a mission briefing before convoying outside the wire to a forward operating Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2008. The airmen are assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Utilities Detachment 6. The pre-mission safety and procedures briefing and pre-combat checks performed by team NCOs and officers are critical to personnel safety and mission success.

U.S. Air Force airmen gather around for a mission briefing before convoying outside the wire to a forward operating Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2008. The airmen are assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Utilities Detachment 6. The pre-mission safety and procedures briefing and pre-combat checks performed by team NCOs and officers are critical to personnel safety and mission success.

U.S. Air Force airmen gather around for a mission briefing before convoying outside the wire to a forward operating Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2008. The airmen are assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Utilities Detachment 6. The pre-mission safety and procedures briefing and pre-combat checks performed by team NCOs and officers are critical to personnel safety and mission success.

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