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U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Jamie Crankfield, Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Johnson, an interpreter (left) and a member of the Iraqi National Police share a joke while on a break during a briefing about an air assault mission at Combat Outpost Cashe South, Baghdad, Iraq, on June 5, 2009. The mission, which will take place at the outpost, will provide Iraqi forces with a different view of how to enter a scene.

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Jamie Crankfield, Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Johnson, an interpreter and a member of the Iraqi National Police share a joke.

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Jamie Crankfield, Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Johnson, an interpreter (left) and a member of the Iraqi National Police share a joke while on a break during a briefing about an air assault mission at Combat Outpost Cashe South, Baghdad, Iraq, on June 5, 2009. The mission, which will take place at the outpost, will provide Iraqi forces with a different view of how to enter a scene.

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