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U.S. Army Col. Ricky Gibbs and Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, left, brief U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the current situation at Combat Outpost Banchee, Rashid, Iraq, March 1, 2008. Hammond is commander, Multinational Division, Baghdad, and Gibbs is commander of the 1st Infrantry Division's 4th Brigade.

U.S. Army Col. Ricky Gibbs and Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, left, brief U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the current situation at Combat Outpost Banchee, Rashid, Iraq, March 1, 2008. Hammond is commander, Multinational Division, Baghdad, and Gibbs is commander of the 1st Infrantry Division's 4th Brigade.

U.S. Army Col. Ricky Gibbs and Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, left, brief U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the current situation at Combat Outpost Banchee, Rashid, Iraq, March 1, 2008. Hammond is commander, Multinational Division, Baghdad, and Gibbs is commander of the 1st Infrantry Division's 4th Brigade.

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