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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramon Ramos fires an M-203 grenade launcher down range during the tactical range training on Normandy Range Complex in Basra, Iraq, July 15, 2009. Ramos is assigned to Company B, 445th Civil Affairs Battalion.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramon Ramos fires an M-203 grenade launcher down range during the tactical range training on Normandy Range Complex in Basra, Iraq, July 15, 2009. Ramos is assigned to Company B, 445th Civil Affairs Battalion.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramon Ramos fires an M-203 grenade launcher down range during the tactical range training on Normandy Range Complex in Basra, Iraq, July 15, 2009. Ramos is assigned to Company B, 445th Civil Affairs Battalion.

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