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U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Swann provides security while other soldiers escort members of the Wasit Provincial Reconstruction Team into a local internet cafe in Al Kut, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2009. Swaan and fellow soldiers are assigned to Battery A, 1st Brigade, 77th Field Artillery Regiment.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Swann provides security while other soldiers escort members of the Wasit Provincial Reconstruction Team into a local internet cafe in Al Kut, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2009. Swaan and fellow soldiers are assigned to Battery A, 1st Brigade, 77th Field Artillery Regiment.

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