Army Sgt. Scott Junkin (right) mounts an M-240 machine gun on top of an M1A1 Abrams tank as he and Staff Sgt. Mark Gillentine make preparations for an upcoming mission at Forward Operating Base Hotel in Najaf Province, Iraq, on March 30, 2005. Junkin and Gillentine are with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 198th Armor, 155th Brigade Combat Team, deployed from Tupelo, Miss., in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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