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A convoy loaded with shipping containers waits for the signal to depart the Class IV Depot, Sept. 19, 2009, aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The lot is being closed as part of the drawdown in Iraq as excess materials are being sent to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. M. M. Bravo.)
