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Standing guard

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Mario Ferguson, 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, stands guard at an entry control gate recently here. Sergeant Ferguson is deployed here from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., and is a Miami native. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman SerMae Lampkin)

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KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Burges, 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, stands post at a guard mount recently here. Sergeant Burges is deployed here from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. and is a native of Jacksonville, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman SerMae Lampkin)

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Standing guard

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Mario Ferguson, 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, stands guard at an entry control gate recently here. Sergeant Ferguson is deployed here from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., and is a Miami native. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman SerMae Lampkin)

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Standing guard

Published June 30, 2008