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U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Manley, a cavalry scout attached to Crazy horse Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division provides security during a combined reconnaissance patrol with counterparts of the Iraqi Police in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 16, 2009.

U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Manley, a cavalry scout attached to Crazy horse Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division provides security during a combined reconnaissance patrol with counterparts of the Iraqi Police in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 16, 2009.

U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Manley, a cavalry scout attached to Crazy horse Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division provides security during a combined reconnaissance patrol with counterparts of the Iraqi Police in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 16, 2009.

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