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U.S. Army Spc. Terry Patton gives the command to halt during a presence patrol in Al Salaam, Iraq, on March 1, 2007. Patton is assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.

U.S. Army Spc. Terry Patton gives the command to halt.

U.S. Army Spc. Terry Patton gives the command to halt during a presence patrol in Al Salaam, Iraq, on March 1, 2007. Patton is assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.

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