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Rifles lay under benches in the dining hall as soldiers with the Iowa National Guard's Bravo Company, 1-133rd Infantry sit down to a dinner of Kofta kebabs (minced beef kebabs), Qabili Pilau (yellow rice with carrots and raisins), Salata (mixed salad) and Maashawa (lentil soup) on Afghanistan Dinner Night at a forward operating base at Camp Shelby on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, near Hattiesburg, Miss. (Jim Slosiarek)