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U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Regimental Higher Headquarters Troop, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard, prepare at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Hattiesburg, Miss., Dec. 12, 2009, for their second deployment to Iraq.

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U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Regimental Higher Headquarters Troop, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard, prepare at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Hattiesburg, Miss., Dec. 12, 2009, for their second deployment to Iraq.

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