Convoy duty in Iraq

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Jamie Gumbrecht / MCT

Staff Sgt. Doug Hall, left, adjusts headlights on a truck as Staff Sgt. James Rawlings guides where it should point. The lights they call "big boys" are turned on and off throughout the night to accommodate drivers passing the convoy or careful hunts for danger at the side of the road.

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