Anthony Jankowiak, 24, of Pontiac, Mich., a member of B Troop, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, rests while taking inventory on his Stryker brigade's equipment at Forward Operating Base Merez, in Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday.  M. Scott Mahaskey / Military Times staff



Army Sgt. Virgil Allen, 24, from Fort Worth, Texas, a fire support non-commissioned officer with C Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, takes a position during a cordon-and-search mission in Mosul, Iraq, on Monday.  M. Scott Mahaskey / Military Times staff



Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, prepare to breach a wall during a cordon-and-search operation in Mosul, Iraq, on Monday. M. Scott Mahaskey / Military Times staff




Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, take up positions during a cordon-and-search operation in Mosul, Iraq, on Monday.
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Sgt. Richard Kellar, 23, of Schellsburg, Pa., a member of B Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team, on Tuesday inspects M-14 rifles that will be transferred to a relief unit at Forward Operating Base Sykes, near Tall’Afar, Iraq. The unit soon will redeploy following a yearlong tour with the new Stryker Brigade
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier patrols with others (unseen) the area close to a designated Iraqi police station, serving as a drop-off center in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, 11 October 2004, on the first day of disarming radical cleric Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army. Sadr's militia started handing in weapons today under a deal with the Iraqi government, while two US soldiers died in a Baghdad rocket attack. The deal with Sadr would shore up one flank for the US and Iraqi forces in the run-up to national polls, allowing them to concentrate on Fallujah, the epicenter of the Sunni Muslim insurgency, and other trouble spots around central Iraq. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)



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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: US soldiers patrol the area close to a designated police station, serving as a drop-off center in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, 11 October 2004, on the first day of disarming radical cleric Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army. Sadr's militia started handing in weapons today under a deal with the Iraqi government, while two US soldiers died in a Baghdad rocket attack. The deal with Sadr would shore up one flank for the US and Iraqi forces in the run-up to national polls, allowing them to concentrate on Fallujah, the epicenter of the Sunni Muslim insurgency, and other trouble spots around central Iraq. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)



Under tight security, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld walks with Lt. Gen. John Sattler (R) as he heads for a 'town hall' type meeting with the troops at the Al Asad Air Base in the western Iraqi desert October 10, 2004. U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld walks down the steps of a C-17 aircraft upon his arrival to the Al Asad Air Base in the western Iraqi desert



Under tight security, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld greets the troops at the Al Asad Air Base in the Western Iraqi desert, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)



British soldiers secure an area in the Iraqi southern city of Basra. The British government formally withdrew one of the key arguments it had used for invading Iraq (news - web sites), as it faced demands in parliament for a "full apology" on how it presented the case for war.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)



A British soldier aims his gun while patrolling the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The British government formally withdrew one of the key arguments it had used for invading Iraq (news - web sites), as it faced demands in parliament for a "full apology" on how it presented the case for war.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)



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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi policeman rests his foot on a pile of rifles at the arms collection point at the Al-Jazayer police station in the poor neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, 12 October 2004. Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's militia was handing in hundreds of weapons in Baghdad as hopes were buoyed for a fledgling initiative to end the rebellious preacher's months-long revolt. Dozens of Sadr's Mehdi Army militiamen and arms dealers lined up outside the Al-Jazayer police station to sell back their weapons to Iraqi police on the second day of a five-day period for the fundamentalist movement to disarm in its Baghdad stronghold of Sadr City. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)




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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - October 12: Iraqi policemen collect October 12, 2004 weapons handed over by militiamen loyal to the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr at al-Jazayir police station in Sadr city, Baghdad, Iraq. Followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr unloaded cars full of heavy weapons in the second day of five-day weapons- for- cash disarmament accord that is hoped to end weeks of fighting between US/Iraqi forces and al-Sadr militia. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)



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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 12: Iraqis walk to al-Jazayir police station to hand over their weapons in Sadr city on October 12, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. Followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr unloaded car fulls of heavy weapons in the second day of a five-day weapons- for- cash disarmament accord that is hoped to end weeks of fighting between US/Iraqi forces and al-Sadr militia. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)



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NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - OCTOBER 11: An Iraqi National Guard (ING) soldier stands with an Italian Army soldier from the Italian Joint Task Force Iraq, Friuli Brigade, at a check point on the Tampa road from Basrah to Baghdad near the Italian base Camp Mittica on October 11, 2004 in Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. Today saw members of Moqtada al-Sadr's militia, The Mhedi army, begin to hand over their heavy weapons in exchange for money, in a five day long weapons amnesty, part of a political deal to bring an end to the fighting and bring regeneration to the area. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)



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NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - OCTOBER 12: An Italian Army soldier from the Friuli Brigade of the Italian Joint task force Iraq protects an Italian Army AB-412 helicopter as it lands in the desert during Operation 'Strong Hammer' on October 12, 2004 in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq. The task of the operation was to round up a desert area of about 130 square km in the southern province of Dhi Qar, 85 km from Nasiriyah, capturing smugglers and theives that have attacked the route in recent months. Seven Iraqi s were arrested during the operation. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)



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NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - OCTOBER 11: An Italian Army soldier from the Italian Joint Task Force Iraq, San Marco Regiment, stands at a check point on the Tampa road from Basrah to Baghdad near the Italian base Camp Mittica on October 11, 2004 in Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. Today saw members of Moqtada al-Sadr's militia, The Mhedi army, begin to hand over their heavy weapons in exchange for money, in a five day long weapons amnesty, part of a political deal to bring an end to the fighting and bring regeneration to the area. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)



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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 11: An Iraqi National guardsman stands guard near a police station in Sadr city on October 11, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. Followers of radical Shiite cleric handed over weapons under an accord between them and the Iraqi interim government that aims to end the fighting with U.S and Iraqi forces. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)



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SAMARRA, IRAQ: Iraq's Prime Minister Iyad Allawi (L) arrives, under tight security, to the northern city of Samarra, 11October 2004. A triumphant Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi toured the battle-scarred city of Samarra, reclaimed from insurgents in a deadly offensive by US and Iraqi troops last week. AFP PHOTO/Ammar Awad-POOL (Photo credit should read AMMAR AWAD/AFP/Getty Images)



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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: A German (R) and a French soldier of the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard in front of the "Drop Zone", where German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder holds talks with ISAF officers at Camp Warehouse, the main French-German ISAF base in Kabul, 11 October 2004. Visiting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder welcomed 11 October Afghanistan's first ever presidential election as a "breakthrough" for the war-shattered land, struggling with a crippling drugs trade, warlordism, a sporadic Taliban insurgency and a legacy of war. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read Emmanuel DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images



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LAHORE, PAKISTAN: An armed Pakistani policeman stands guard at a Sunni Muslim mosque in Lahore, 11 October 2004, a day after a suicide bomber killed at least three other people when he detonated a powerful bomb at a Shiite Muslim mosque in the city. Pakistan's majority Sunni and minority Shiite communities largely live together in peace. Officials blame the tit-for-tat violence on fanatics from the two sects. The conflict since the 1980s has so far claimed more than 4,000 lives. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALI (Photo credit should read ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images)



A Libyan soldier is seen on top of a military vehicle during a military parade in Tripoli. The European Union (news - web sites) agreed to lift an 18-year-old arms embargo on Libya, welcoming the country's renunciation of weapons of mass destruction and movement towards "responsible government."(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)



A South Korean special police officer aims his machine gun at the Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004. South Korea (news - web sites) stayed vigilant after a statement on an Islamic Web site warned that al-Qaida members will attack the country unless it withdraws troops from Iraq (news - web sites) in two weeks, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)



Members of East Timor (news - web sites) Defense Troops salute during the inauguration ceremony at Nikolau Lobato FDTL headquarters in Metinaro, eastern Dili, in 2002(AFP/File/Antonio Dasiparu)



A security officer stands guard in southern Thailand. A paramilitary volunteer has been killed and six people injured during a spate of gun and bomb attacks in Thailand's restive south(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)



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KUTA, INDONESIA: Indonesian snippers prepare to take up their position before the memorial service for the October 12, 2002, victims at the bomb blast site in Kuta, Bali 12 October 2004. Exactly two years after terrorist bombs killed 202 people on Indonesia's Bali, families and friends of the victims and survivors gathered to remember their fallen loved ones. AFP PHOTO/Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images)



A Georgian sniper takes aim as a helicopter lands during military exercises 20 km from the South Ossetian main city of Tskhinvali, October 12, 2004. Georgian soldiers were trained how to operate in a possible terrorist crisis. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze



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MADRID, SPAIN: Legionaries parade in front of the Royal family during the national day parade 12 October 2004, in Madrid. AFP PHOTO/JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images)

Hooah!  I spent 14 months with the 5th of the 20th in 2nd ID.  

Quoted: armytimes.com/content/editorial/editart/101204front7.JPG M-14 With KAC RAS! SWEET! kILL EM aLL

The M14 in the 1st pic has one too

There you go, ripping off those poor kids hard work again.