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A U.S. Army soldier from Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment and an Iraq army soldier from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Division make small talk during a patrol in the Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq, on March 30, 2006.

A U.S. Army soldier and an Iraq army soldier make small talk during a patrol.

A U.S. Army soldier from Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment and an Iraq army soldier from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Division make small talk during a patrol in the Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq, on March 30, 2006.

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