First Lt. Kevin McGrew, third from left, a platoon leader with Company A, 1st “Vanguard” Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and an Orlando, Fla., native, converses with an Iraqi Federal Police Officer during a patrol Aug. 25, 2011 in the vicinity of Joint Security Station Loyalty, Iraq. A platoon of Vanguard infantrymen were sent in to help bolster JSS Loyalty’s defense as the forces there transferred the base to full Iraqi control. ( Army photo by Spc. William A. Joeckel, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD

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First Lt. Kevin McGrew, third from left, a platoon leader with Company A, 1st “Vanguard” Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and an Orlando, Fla., native, converses with an Iraqi Federal Police Officer during a patrol Aug. 25, 2011 in the vicinity of Joint Security Station Loyalty, Iraq. A platoon of Vanguard infantrymen were sent in to help bolster JSS Loyalty’s defense as the forces there transferred the base to full Iraqi control. ( Army photo by Spc. William A. Joeckel, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C) Iraqi Federal Police Officer by United States Forces - Iraq (Inactive)

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