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Combat civilians: Writing history as it happens

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Doug Beckstead (right) and Kevin Rieders, both 332nd Expeditionary Air Wing historians, stand in front of an anti-aircraft weapon used by the Iraqi military prior to the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime that remains on the base, here May 7. Mr. Beckstead and Mr. Rieders are Department of Defense civilians deployed to Balad in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom just like their military counterparts. Mr. Beckstead is deployed from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; Mr. Rieders is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo /Staff Sgt. Mareshah Haynes)

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