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Erby the dog lays a kiss on Army Sgt. Tracy McKithern, a reservist combat photographer with the 982nd Combat Camera Company (Airborne), in the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center near Irbil, Iraq.

Dog Kiss

Erby the dog lays a kiss on Army Sgt. Tracy McKithern, a combat photographer with the Army Reserve's 982nd Combat Camera Company, at the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center near Irbil, Iraq, Nov. 7, 2017. Army photo by Sgt. Tracy McKithern

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Tags: Iraq, global, COALITION, cjtf-oir, Puppy, OIR, erbil, DOG, KTCC, Erby, rescue dog, stray dog
Credit: Sgt. Tracy McKithern VIRIN: 171107-A-LC197-010.JPG

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