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Staff Sgt. Garcia, of the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor of the 3rd Infantry, Fort Stewart, Ga., heads a long line of soldiers as he boards a charter aircraft at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga., for deployment to the Persian Gulf region on Feb. 18, 1998. The soldiers are deploying to the Southwest Asia theater in support of Operation Southern Watch. Southern Watch is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Garcia heads a line of soldiers as he boards an aircraft at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.

Staff Sgt. Garcia, of the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor of the 3rd Infantry, Fort Stewart, Ga., heads a long line of soldiers as he boards a charter aircraft at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga., for deployment to the Persian Gulf region on Feb. 18, 1998. The soldiers are deploying to the Southwest Asia theater in support of Operation Southern Watch. Southern Watch is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.

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