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A Stryker soldier with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, pulls security during the clearing of a village in the outskirts of Baqouba, Iraq, as part of Operation Arrowhead Ripper, June 19.

ARROWHEAD RIPPER

A Stryker soldier with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, pulls security during the clearing of a village in the outskirts of Baqouba, Iraq, as part of Operation Arrowhead Ripper, June 19.

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