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Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Lakes gives an Iraqi Police Force candidate a high five as he completes the running event during a physical fitness test at Camp Echo, Dawanyah, Iraq, on March 13, 2005. The fitness test is a part of screening process for recruitment into the Iraqi Police Force. Lakes is attached to the 940th Military Police Company out of Walton, Ky.

Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Lakes gives an Iraqi Police Force candidate a high five.

Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Lakes gives an Iraqi Police Force candidate a high five as he completes the running event during a physical fitness test at Camp Echo, Dawanyah, Iraq, on March 13, 2005. The fitness test is a part of screening process for recruitment into the Iraqi Police Force. Lakes is attached to the 940th Military Police Company out of Walton, Ky.

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