Villalobos' decision to follow instructions and roll under the wire "probably saved his life, " Breheny told reporters Friday.

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It would be two weeks before that Stryker would roll outside the wire again, this in an environment where trucks totaled by IEDs are welded back together and sent again into harm's way in mere hours.

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