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U.S. Army Spc. Brett Bell, a fire support specialist assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, searches for contacts during a cordon and search operation in western Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 23, 2007.

U.S. Army Spc. Brett Bell searches for contacts.

U.S. Army Spc. Brett Bell, a fire support specialist assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, searches for contacts during a cordon and search operation in western Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 23, 2007.

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