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Dust hung thick and lazy in the heat. Nate Fick crouched low behind the armored Humvee, his eyes methodically sweeping the barren horizon. ‘Most see Iraq and think death,’ he said, his voice level beneath the distant, sporadic crackle of gunfire that signaled the army’s assault. ‘But right here, behind this steel, we have cover. We have a chance.’ He shifted slightly, the weight of his gear settling. ‘Do you feel that chance, you? Do you feel that safety?’ The halted convoy around them hummed with a quiet, coiled tension.