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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Aaron Shittack, left, and Cpl. Thomas Robbins, right, access progress in building barriers to provide security to a national police station in Husseniyah, Iraq, April 19, 2009. Shittack is a platoon leader and Robbins is a medic in the 1st Cavalry Division's Troop B, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment.

HUSSENIYAH MISSION

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Aaron Shittack, left, and Cpl. Thomas Robbins, right, access progress in building barriers to provide security to a national police station in Husseniyah, Iraq, April 19, 2009. Shittack is a platoon leader and Robbins is a medic in the 1st Cavalry Division's Troop B, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment.

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