Soldiers, from Charlie Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, continue with their mission in spite of the smoke from a fire that is clearing the field of brush in Al-Rahman, Iraq, Dec. 16. The objective is to clear a known al-Qaida training ground of enemy activity. Soldiers conduct controlled burn 185818

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