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U.S. Army soldiers of 141st Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Bulldogs, out of Fort Bliss, fire at the enemy as part of a training mission at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., on June 19, 2011. Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team will soon deploy to Afghanistan.

U.S. Army soldiers fire at the enemy as part of a training mission.

U.S. Army soldiers of 141st Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Bulldogs, out of Fort Bliss, fire at the enemy as part of a training mission at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., on June 19, 2011. Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team will soon deploy to Afghanistan.

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