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U.S. Army paratroopers and Iraqi commandos and scouts exit a Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during joint air assault training on Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2009. The goal of the training was to learn each side's standard procedures for future joint missions. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which is serving as an Advise and Assist Brigade.

U.S. Army paratroopers and Iraqi commandos and scouts exit a Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during joint air assault training on Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2009. The goal of the training was to learn each side's standard procedures for future joint missions. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which is serving as an Advise and Assist Brigade.

U.S. Army paratroopers and Iraqi commandos and scouts exit a Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during joint air assault training on Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2009. The goal of the training was to learn each side's standard procedures for future joint missions. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which is serving as an Advise and Assist Brigade.

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