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U.S. Army Spc. Marcus Wright from Headquarters Troop, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, provides security during a patrol at Jamilla Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, on May 15, 2008. Wright and his unit are deployed from Fort Carson, Colo.

Spc. Marcus Wright provides security during a patrol.

U.S. Army Spc. Marcus Wright from Headquarters Troop, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, provides security during a patrol at Jamilla Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, on May 15, 2008. Wright and his unit are deployed from Fort Carson, Colo.

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