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U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment set up an 81 mm mortar system during a live-fire demonstration for the Iraqi Army's Light Battalion, 20th Brigade, 5th Division at Forward Operating Base Normandy in Diyala, Iraq, on June 28, 2009.

U.S. Army soldiers set up an 81 mm mortar system during a live-fire demonstration.

U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment set up an 81 mm mortar system during a live-fire demonstration for the Iraqi Army's Light Battalion, 20th Brigade, 5th Division at Forward Operating Base Normandy in Diyala, Iraq, on June 28, 2009.

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