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U.S. Army Spc. Calob Backes stands atop a concrete barrier preparing to hook up cables used to lift it into a new position at Joint Security Station Loyalty, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on May 17, 2009. Backes is assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.
U.S. Army Spc. Calob Backes stands atop a concrete barrier preparing to hook up cables used to lift it into a new position at Joint Security Station Loyalty, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on May 17, 2009. Backes is assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.