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Hundreds of servicemembers, their families and friends fill the stands during the redeployment ceremony of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Dec. 12, 2006.

STRYKER BRIGADE RETURNS

Hundreds of servicemembers, their families and friends fill the stands during the redeployment ceremony of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Dec. 12, 2006.

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