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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Trevor Bredenkamp listens to a role-playing Iraqi Qadaa commissioner express frustration with local security during the opening ceremony of a new police station in the fictitious Iraqi town of Suliyah as part of the brigade’s training at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., May 15, 2009. Bredenkamp is commander, 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Trevor Bredenkamp listens to a role-playing Iraqi Qadaa commissioner express frustration with local security during the opening ceremony of a new police station in the fictitious Iraqi town of Suliyah as part of the brigade’s training at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., May 15, 2009. Bredenkamp is commander, 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Trevor Bredenkamp listens to a role-playing Iraqi Qadaa commissioner express frustration with local security during the opening ceremony of a new police station in the fictitious Iraqi town of Suliyah as part of the brigade’s training at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., May 15, 2009. Bredenkamp is commander, 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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