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While his buddy keeps a firm grip on his ankle U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Hauser sticks his head in a hole to search for an underground weapons cache near Tuz, Iraq, on June 25, 2005. Hauser is deployed with the 506th Air Expeditionary Group's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

Staff Sgt. Phillip Hauser sticks his head in a hole to search for an underground weapons cache.

While his buddy keeps a firm grip on his ankle U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Hauser sticks his head in a hole to search for an underground weapons cache near Tuz, Iraq, on June 25, 2005. Hauser is deployed with the 506th Air Expeditionary Group's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

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