Fort Hood, Texas USA, December 12, 2003: Air Force Lt. Col. Bob Clardy reads a book on Iraqi culture during a break in simulated battle operations at III Corps headquarters on Friday. Thousands of troops are preparing for deployment of Combined Joint Task Force-7 to Iraq after the new year. Clardy received word of his deployment last week. ©Bob Daemmrich

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