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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Martin Uresti fires a signal flare from an observation tower, Nov. 15, 2008, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Several security forces airmen were practicing their proficiency deploying signal and illumination flares. Uresti is a security forces apprentice with the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Martin Uresti fires a signal flare from an observation tower, Nov. 15, 2008, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Several security forces airmen were practicing their proficiency deploying signal and illumination flares. Uresti is a security forces apprentice with the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

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