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U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Gallager, assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, carries an M240B machine gun on a patrol near Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 11, 2010.

Pfc. Justin Gallager carries an M240B machine gun on a patrol near Baghdad.

U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Gallager, assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, carries an M240B machine gun on a patrol near Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 11, 2010.

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