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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Volpe gives an Iraqi boy a fist bump greeting during a foot patrol along a major highway in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, June 13, 2009. Volpe is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Military Police Platoon, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, which is serving as part of Multinational Division Baghdad.

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Volpe gives an Iraqi boy a fist bump greeting during a foot patrol along a major highway in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, June 13, 2009. Volpe is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Military Police Platoon, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, which is serving as part of Multinational Division Baghdad.

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