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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Burciaga, right, and Staff Sgt. Rodriguez Cruell review an area map during a combined air-assault mission with Iraqi national police officers in Hussaniyah Nahia, Iraq, Feb. 3, 2009. Burciaga and Cruell are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, currently attached to the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Burciaga, right, and Staff Sgt. Rodriguez Cruell review an area map during a combined air-assault mission with Iraqi national police officers in Hussaniyah Nahia, Iraq, Feb. 3, 2009. Burciaga and Cruell are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, currently attached to the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

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