U.S. Army Spc. Gregory Brinson, center, and Staff Sgt. Paul Emory, both with the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, stack deployment bags on an aircraft pallet

U.S. Army Spc. Gregory Brinson, center, and Staff Sgt. Paul Emory, both with the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, stack deployment bags on an aircraft pallet Jan. 9, 2013, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Soldiers with the unit were preparing to deploy to Turkey to operate Patriot missile batteries along the Turkish-Syrian border. U.S. and NATO Patriot batteries and personnel deployed to Turkey in support of NATO's commitment to defending Turkey's security during a period of regional instability. Dowload higest-resolution version(3808 by 500 pixels)

U.S. Army Spc. Gregory Brinson, center, and Staff Sgt. Paul Emory, both with the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, stack deployment bags on an aircraft pallet Jan. 9, 2013, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Soldiers with the unit were preparing to deploy to Turkey to operate Patriot missile batteries along the Turkish-Syrian border. U.S. and NATO Patriot batteries and personnel deployed to Turkey in support of NATO's commitment to defending Turkey's security during a period of regional instability.

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