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A U.S. soldier runs to provide security after unloading from a CH-53 Sea Stallion during an exercise on Camp Ramadi in western Iraq, Nov. 15, 2009. U.S. Marines, and U.S. and Iraqi soldiers train together on the Sea Stallion to prepare for upcoming missions. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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A U.S. soldier runs to provide security after unloading from a CH-53 Sea Stallion during an exercise on Camp Ramadi in western Iraq, Nov. 15, 2009. U.S. Marines, and U.S. and Iraqi soldiers train together on the Sea Stallion to prepare for upcoming missions. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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