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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Halstead surveys the river that will supply water to a treatment facility in Shamiyah, near Diwaniyah, Iraq, Feb. 11, 2009. Halstead is assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. The soldiers of the unit assessed the progress of several construction projects in Diwaniyah.

SHAMIYAH WATER

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Halstead surveys the river that will supply water to a treatment facility in Shamiyah, near Diwaniyah, Iraq, Feb. 11, 2009. Halstead is assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. The soldiers of the unit assessed the progress of several construction projects in Diwaniyah.

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