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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ian Blackstone (right) radios in his unit's status while searching a school during a morning raid in the Tameem district of Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept. 3, 2006. The soldiers are assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ian Blackstone radios in his unit's status.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ian Blackstone (right) radios in his unit's status while searching a school during a morning raid in the Tameem district of Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept. 3, 2006. The soldiers are assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division.

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