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The hot sun silhouettes Army Spc. Grant Richardson as he stands guard duty.
The hot sun silhouettes Army Spc. Grant Richardson as he stands guard duty in a tower at Forward Operating Base Hieder in the Ninewa Province town of Rabi'ah, Iraq, on June 30, 2005. The U.S. Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tiger Squadron, Bandit Troop, maintains the base to support operations involving the security of Iraq's border with Syria.