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Pfc. Robert Babcock, Park City, gives the "I'm ready" sign as he poses in his gun box in southern Iraq. Babcock works in the 891st Engineer Battalion.
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Kansas University grad Capt. Pat Stuber, left, calls this trio the Big 12 Team, members of the 3/287th RTC (combat) team working out of Camp Cobra, Iraq.
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First Lt. Drew Polen, Pittsburg, and gunner Sgt. Michael Browning, Independence, prepare their vehicle for a convoy in Iraq.
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Soldiers with the 891st Engineer Battalion hand out soccer balls and other gifts to Iraqi children at one of their project sites.
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With flames billowing in the background, Roy Young empties out a trash truck at the base.
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Soldiers with the Communications Section dig a trench to bury internet and phone cables.
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Spc. 1st Class Samuel Aguirre, Iola, of the 891st Engineer Battalion, catches some sleep between shifts in the tactical operations center with his M-16 close at hand.
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Spc. Weger cleans out the tracks of a dozer following heavy rain in Iraq.
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Sgt. Jared Worley, of Olathe, looks through the scope of a foreign sniper rifle, which he fired while out on patrol in southern Iraq. Worley belongs to the 891st Engineer Battalion, which is commanded by Lt. Col. Lee Tafanelli, an Ozawkie resident.
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Members of the 891st Combat Battalion, like Sgt. Chad Johnson, of Coffeyville, were greeted by 24 hours of rain when they first arrived in Iraq.
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According to Lt. Dennis Sewell, herds of sheep and camels are commonplace on Iraqi roads.
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Pfc. Austin Constuble, serving in Iraq with the 891st Engineer Battalion. His mother, Cissie Constuble, sent the photo from Bartlesville, Okla.
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First Lt. Dennis Sewell, right, a physician's assistant from Clay Center, poses with two buddies he met during training at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma. They are with the 891st Engineer Battalion.
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First Lt. Dennis Sewell, of Clay Center, has his picture taken with some Iraqi children who he encounters on a regular basis. He and his fellow soldiers hand out gifts regularly. Sewell is with the 891st Engineer Battalion in Iraq.
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This is one of two nearly full 5-ton mail trucks that bring mail to the 891st daily in Iraq.
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