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U.S. Army Sgt. David Howell, left, and Sgt. Michael Stanley pull security while a civil affairs team checks on a well in a farmer’s field near Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2009. Howell and Stanley are tankers assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team.

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U.S. Army Sgt. David Howell, left, and Sgt. Michael Stanley pull security while a civil affairs team checks on a well in a farmer’s field near Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2009. Howell and Stanley are tankers assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team.

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