We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 18, 2009

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1st Lt. Pat Barone, a platoon leader, and Sgt. Daryl Appling, both with Company D, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, explain to Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement soldiers how to conduct tactical patrols at night along the Iraqi-Syrian border, Dec. 9. At rear with an Iraqi soldier is Jordanian interpreter Rami Tamimi. (army.mil.)