Army Soldiers return from a patrol across the Euphrates River while assisting Iraqi police, who are providing security for a nearby bridge project north of Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2009. The Soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. The airborne unit is the first organic advise-and-assist brigade assigned the mission of security-force assistance. Spc. Michael J. MacLeod

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