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U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, provide a protective posture over an Iraqi mother and her child during a possible incoming mortar attack in Al Bu'aytha, Iraq, July 20, 2007.

PROTECTIVE POSTURE

U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, provide a protective posture over an Iraqi mother and her child during a possible incoming mortar attack in Al Bu'aytha, Iraq, July 20, 2007.

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