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U.S. Army soldiers take a break as they advance through a field during Operation Swarmer in the Salah Ad Din province of Iraq on March 16, 2006. Operation Swarmer is a combined air assault operation to clear the area northeast of Samarra of suspected insurgents. The soldiers are from the Armyís 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army soldiers take a break as they advance through a field.

U.S. Army soldiers take a break as they advance through a field during Operation Swarmer in the Salah Ad Din province of Iraq on March 16, 2006. Operation Swarmer is a combined air assault operation to clear the area northeast of Samarra of suspected insurgents. The soldiers are from the Armyís 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment.

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