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U.S. Army soldiers prepare to provide security to a fictitious Iraqi town set up on Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., in a role-playing exercise designed to teach them to train Iraqi forces once deployed, May 15, 2009. In this exercise, U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant John J. Griffin leads the 3rd Platoon in providing security during the opening of a new police station in the fictional town of Suliyah, Iraq. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army soldiers prepare to provide security to a fictitious Iraqi town set up on Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., in a role-playing exercise designed to teach them to train Iraqi forces once deployed, May 15, 2009. In this exercise, U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant John J. Griffin leads the 3rd Platoon in providing security during the opening of a new police station in the fictional town of Suliyah, Iraq. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army soldiers prepare to provide security to a fictitious Iraqi town set up on Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., in a role-playing exercise designed to teach them to train Iraqi forces once deployed, May 15, 2009. In this exercise, U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant John J. Griffin leads the 3rd Platoon in providing security during the opening of a new police station in the fictional town of Suliyah, Iraq. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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