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Soldiers train in Iraq.

Smoke Cover

Peshmerga soldiers use smoke cover to more safely approach a building in a village during the Modern Brigade Course 2 final exercise at a training site near Atrush, Iraq, July 25, 2016. The MBC2 final exercise tested the training and skills of the Peshmerga through practical scenarios, including assaulting a hill and a village and defending a trench line. This training was provided by U.S. coalition trainers in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve multinational effort to train and equip local fighting forces to defeat ISIS.

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