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U.S. Army Sgt. Caisy Loop provides security from the gunner's seat of a Stryker combat vehicle during a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 17, 2007. Loop is assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division.

U.S. Army Sgt. Caisy Loop provides security.

U.S. Army Sgt. Caisy Loop provides security from the gunner's seat of a Stryker combat vehicle during a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 17, 2007. Loop is assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division.

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