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U.S. Navy Lt. A.J. Pajack, center, and Petty Officer 1st Class Travis J. Schellpeper, left, conduct a predeparture convoy brief with a Latvian army convoy commander prior to a mission into Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Oct. 30, 2006.

PREDEPARTURE BRIEF

U.S. Navy Lt. A.J. Pajack, center, and Petty Officer 1st Class Travis J. Schellpeper, left, conduct a predeparture convoy brief with a Latvian army convoy commander prior to a mission into Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Oct. 30, 2006.

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