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Sgt. Joe Gamboa, Staff Sgt. Curtis Chekal, Pfc. Fred Busch and Pfc. Mike Daily patrol a neighborhood of Mosul in a Stryker armored vehicle.
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Master Sgt. Jamie Meriwether waves back at welcoming Iraqis as the 62nd Medical Brigade convoys to Baghdad on April 21, 2003.
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Staff Sgt. Robert Ogo straightens a blindfold during an operation with the Iraqi Army that rounded up thousands of men in a town near Mosul.
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Pfc. Nicholas Porter walks with a girl on the outskirts of Baghdad.
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A 'Flash Check Point' outside LSA Anaconda, a U.S. military base near Balad. Conducting the search are Sgt. Jeremy Howell, Spc. Zach Curtis, and Iraqi soldier Jassim Hassan Ali Tamemi.
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Under a crescent moon in a family's courtyard a little girl sits up in her bed during a raid as an Iraqi Army soldier guards the entrance.
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An Iraqi policeman searches, and Spc. John Blough checks the I.D. of an apparently crazy man who backed his car wildly into a ditch.
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One of thousands is told to move after a hidden informant didn't recognize him as an insurgent during an operation with the Iraqi Army.
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Lt. Klint Kuhlman, talking through a translator, tries to build ties in a Baghdad neighborhood.
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Capt. Karen Luisi draws wary looks in downtown Mosul.
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US and Iraqi troops storm a house in northeast Mosul May 12, 2005. The woman and children present were asked to gather in the livingroom. While soldiers searched to make sure no one else was present, the family was given assurances that they were not in trouble and no harm would be done to them or the house. It was part of a plan to insert a couple of hidden observers on the roof. by peter haley
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Sgt. Larry Richmond connects in a Memorial Day softball tournament.
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Assistant gunner Spc. K. Kleinschmidt fires back with a 122mm mortar. (PETER HALEY)
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Soldiers check out Iraqi munitions in a hardened hangar.
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Sgt. 1st Class Roger Davis got a face full of dust after a long day's ride.
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An man collapses after his cousin, who was riding next to him, was killed by an Iraqi Army soldier.
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Sgt. Darnell Cooper entertains the kids during a neighborhood operation.
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Locals hired by the UN register Internally Displaced People, a by-product of war.
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A woman and child receive a flyer from Sgt. Brian Wilson during a visit in their house.
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Pfc. Adam Hager and Sgt. Steve Cruz investigate the cause of a suspicious truck fire.
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Pfc. Mark Sexauer is gunner on an overwatch near LSA Anaconda. (PETER HALEY)
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As a goodwill gesture Major Andrew Wiesen looks at a child's CT scan while tea is being served during a visit to a village near Mosul.
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A-1 C.P. MISTEREK STORY SLUG: IRAQGRAD
Boot camp trainers Sgt. Dan Dicker (left) and Sgt. Andre McKenzie are hoisted on shoulders of their students in a traditional celebration dance called the Dabcha. This is at the end of the graduation ceremony held at FOB Endurance, an American army base about 40 miles south of Mosul. The basic training was given by the 2nd Battalion, 28th Field Artillery Regiment of the Stryker Brigade.
FOB Marez (Forward Operating Base Marez) is in Mosul, Iraq. The Stryker Brigade is also the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division from Ft. Lewis, currently deployed there and at other bases around Mosul. photo by Peter Haley / The News Tribune
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Spc. Justin Higasson hoists himself to look into another room. (I use this photo as 'an ender' to suggest the awkward position that the U.S. was in at mid-year in 2005.)
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