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Prince William County, Va., native, Capt. R. Dale Jackson, a Michigan National Guard flight surgeon with the 3rd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation checks out a Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery. Jackson is assigned to the 1st Bn. 143rd FA at Camp Taji, Iraq. "Having the opportunity to deploy in a time of war is, in a sense, me coming full circle," said Jackson. "It's not every day you get to take care of the best patients in the world - the American Soldier." (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Stewart Brown)