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Assisted by an Iraqi interpreter, Capt. Joseph Graves, a platoon commander with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, works with an Iraqi Police officer to defuse a public disturbance during a training exercise July 21, 2008. The exercise was designed to teach Marines to work with Iraqi Security Forces in preparation for their 2008-2009 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Although he served as a communications officer while on active duty, Graves had the opportunity to go infantry in the reserves.