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U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard practice urban combat in a training village at Camp Shelby, Miss., on Jan. 15, 2009. The soldiers are preparing to deploy to Iraq.

U.S. Army soldiers practice urban combat.

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard practice urban combat in a training village at Camp Shelby, Miss., on Jan. 15, 2009. The soldiers are preparing to deploy to Iraq.

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