In Iraq with the 30th Infantry Regiment

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Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga. deal with regular mortar attacks while stationed in Iraq.

A soldier with the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga., rushes to a bunker for cover as a rocket attack hits Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Monday night, March 24, 2008. No one was injured in this attack.

After days of attacks Capt. Andrew Kirby, left, and one of his soldiers, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga., take shelter in the cover of a bunker as a siren sounds the warning for an incoming attack at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Thursday, March 27, 2008.

Staff Sgt. Clarence Hudson, 33, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga., seeks shelter in a bunker during a rocket attack on Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Monday, March 24, 2008. No one was injured in this attack, which is becoming a regular occurrance with the onset of warmer weather.

A stunned soldier and a civilian survey the damage from a mortar attack just outside the concrete walls protecting their offices at Forward Operating Base Hawks, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2008. The barricades did their job, preventing injuries from the attack.

Medics and soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga., carry stretchers as they rush to the scene of a mortar attack to check for possible injuries at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2008. No one was injured as eight rounds hit the base.

Sgt. 1st Class Errol Jackson, 38, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga., runs full speed for the cover of a bunker during a rocket attack at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Thursday, March 27, 2008.

Capt. Andrew Kirby, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga., runs for the cover of a bunker as a siren sounds the warning for an incoming attack at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Thursday, March 27, 2008.

Capt. Andrew Kirby, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga., runs head first into the cover of a bunker as a siren sounds the warning for an incoming attack at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Thursday, March 27, 2008.

Medic Spc. Steven Goodwin, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga., left, arrives at the scene of a mortar attack to check on injuries as a soldier retrieves the remains of a shell from a blast crater at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2008. A second blast impact is inspected in the background. No one was injured as five or six rounds hit the base in the attack.

Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga., fill a bunker during a mortar attack at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Tuesday, March 25, 2008.

Illumination rounds are fired from Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, to light up the night sky to help search for enemy activity on the ground Monday, March 24, 2008.

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A soldier with the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga., rushes to a bunker for cover as a rocket attack hits Forward Operating Base Falcon, Arab Jabour, Iraq, Monday night, March 24, 2008. No one was injured in this attack.

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