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U.S. Army Capt. David Preston, center, commander of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment attached to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, delivers a convoy briefing at Forward Operating Base Loyalty prior to departing on a patrol to the Rusafa area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2007.

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U.S. Army Capt. David Preston, center, commander of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment attached to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, delivers a convoy briefing at Forward Operating Base Loyalty prior to departing on a patrol to the Rusafa area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2007.

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