Pfc. Joseph Biando, a Chesapeake, Va., native, listens to children in the Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, talk about the improvements made to their school on Aug. 19, 2008. Biando is a mortarman assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. Army private put navy dad 'through hell' 118289

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