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Members of the U.S. Army's 5th Battalion, 7th Calvary Regiment, who have been deployed more than four times raise their hands during a visit by U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III to Joint Security Station Falcon in Iraq, Oct. 26, 2010.

Members of the U.S. Army's 5th Battalion, 7th Calvary Regiment, who have been deployed more than four times raise their hands during a visit by U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III to Joint Security Station Falcon in Iraq, Oct. 26, 2010.

Members of the U.S. Army's 5th Battalion, 7th Calvary Regiment, who have been deployed more than four times raise their hands during a visit by U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III to Joint Security Station Falcon in Iraq, Oct. 26, 2010.

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