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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bert Finland checks his headset radio in a Stryker vehicle before patrolling in Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, May 4, 2009. Finland is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

RADIO CHECK

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bert Finland checks his headset radio in a Stryker vehicle before patrolling in Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, May 4, 2009. Finland is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

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