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INCOMING — 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) soldiers maintain Pick-up Zone posture while awaiting incoming UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters during Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Derek Gaines

CHEMICAL CHECK — Sgt. 1st Class Antwain Robinson of HHC, 4th Infantry Division uses an Improved Chemical Agent Monitor (ICAM) to check for nerve and blister agents in an abandoned restaurant and casino outside Tikrit, Iraq while Maj. Ronald Gilliam observes and Master Sgt. Tommy Levi pulls security on April 29. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Kathy Jo Young

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AFGHAN SEARCH — Soldiers of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, out of Kandahar Army Airfield, Afghanistan, search for suspected Taliban and weapon caches in compounds in the Spin Buldak Region, during Operation Vigilant Guardian. The operation aims to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist activates in Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Preston Cheeks

DRINK, BUDDY? — Cpl. Richard James, 3534 Refueler, Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, offers a drink from his water bottle with a local child from a city near a Forword Aircraft Refueling Point in northern Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Jason L. Andrade