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Eager hands reach for a Meals Ready to Eat package being handed out by a U.S. Army soldier attached to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Mosul, Iraq, on Jan. 4, 2008.

Eager hands reach for a Meals Ready to Eat package.

Eager hands reach for a Meals Ready to Eat package being handed out by a U.S. Army soldier attached to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Mosul, Iraq, on Jan. 4, 2008.

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