Military Officer - February 2006 - (Page 53) Baghdad, By Mark Cantrell Photography by Steve Barrett Where do part-time soldiers train for war before they’re de loyed? At a military camp in Mississippi. USA on a blistering midsummer day, a column of Humvees rumbles down a dusty road toward the small Iraqi town of Trebil. Intelligence indicates insurgents are hiding there among the townspeople, and today’s mission is a cordon-and-search operation designed to root them out. The Humvees are quickly stationed at all key exit points as commanders locate the town’s sheik and police chief, hoping they will aid in the search. But one thing about these Iraqi leaders is unexpected: They’re wearing ID badges. AT H I G H N O O N FEBRUARY 2006 MILITARY OFFICER 53
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