"They are coordinating complex, infantry-like attacks against fixed targets, " the official noted.

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Night vision goggles, GPS receivers, Sure Fire lights and radios are among the dozen or so electronic gadgets that hang off an infantry grunt like ornaments.

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Snipers got custom-made suits, such as the sinister, mummer-like British coats on display here, but mass-produced infantry camouflage had to wait until advances in textile printing.

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He actually volunteered his first two tours and he was promised that he would stay in the States for, like, about four years and then, you know, have to go back to the Infantry.

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