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U.S. Army Capt. Eric Kemerling from Manhattan, Kan., assigned to the 1st Commando Battalion Transition Team, goes over future training courses with the training officer for the Iraqi Shurta, Department of Border Enforcement Team, in Basra, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2009. U.S. Soldiers teach the courses to instill self-confidence in self-defense, map reading, the global positioning system, and first-aid. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 090826-F-2575B-031

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dwayne Gadsen, from Charleston S.C., assigned to the 1st Commando Battalion Transition Team, (BTT), demonstrates how to properly secure an injured arm, during a first-aid class for soldiers of the Iraqi Shurta, Department of Border Enforcement Team, in Basra, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2009. U.S. Soldiers of the 1st Commando, BTT, teach the courses to instill self-confidence in self-defense, map reading, the global positioning system, and first-aid. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 090826-F-2575B-078

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joe Bland, right, and Petty Officer 1st Class Rob Moore, both explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) technicians from EOD Company 61, point out ways to acquire fingerprints from a phone used in an improvised explosive device (IED), to Iraqi EOD Policemen, at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, outside of Baqouba, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2009. The Sailors teach counter IED investigative techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Ali E. Flisek/Released) 090827-F-8757F-009

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Iraqi Police officers patrol the streets while U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Combat Division, follow up on micro grants issued throughout the city of Dibbis, Iraq, Aug. 28, 2009.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Canaan Radcliffe/Released) 090828-A-3250R-066

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Iraqi police officers patrol the streets while U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Combat Division, follow up on micro grants issued throughout the city of Dibbis, Iraq, Aug. 28, 2009.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Canaan Radcliffe/Released) 090828-A-3250R-078

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 218th Military Police Company, out of Fort Campbell, Ky., oversee the Iraqi Police firing from the standing position, on the AK-47 range, in Mammah, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2009.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Canaan Radcliffe/Released) 090830-A-3250R-045

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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Carl Yeaney, assigned to the 218th Military Police Company, out of Fort Campbell, Ky., instructs Iraqi Police officers on how to properly fire from the kneeling position, during AK-47 range training, in Mammah, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2009.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Canaan Radcliffe/Released) 090830-A-3250R-053

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U.S. Army Spc. Curtis Dondoyano of San Antonio, Texas, attached to Communcations Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, conducts high frequency radio training with members of the Iraqi Air Force, at Forward Operating Base Delta, in southern Iraq, Aug. 31, 2009. The training is designed to prepare the Iraqis for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. forces.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brien Vorhees/Released) 090831-A-4137V-006

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Campbell controls close air support aircraft, during an Army patrol, near Joint Security Station Tal'abtah, in Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 31, 2009. Campbell is a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) with the 72nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron out of Fort Hood, Texas; JTACs are recognized throughout the U.S. military as experts in air-to-ground operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kamaile Chan/Released) 090831-F-7478C-002

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An Iraqi Police team leader of the Diyala Counter Explosives Team, inspects a storage box for possible booby traps, during a practical exercise, at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, in the Diyala Province of Iraq, Aug. 31, 2009. U.S. Navy explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) technicians from EOD Company 16 conduct the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ali E. Flisek/Released) 090831-F-8757F-016

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