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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Condreay, a military policeman, stands at the ready in providing security for U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Horst and his interpreter as they speak with the headmaster of Al-Jabar Aktar school in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 2, 2008. Condreay is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team and Horst is assigned to the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Condreay, a military policeman, stands at the ready in providing security for U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Horst and his interpreter as they speak with the headmaster of Al-Jabar Aktar school in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 2, 2008. Condreay is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team and Horst is assigned to the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion.

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