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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kenneth D. Mayfield, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, searches through a suspected weapons cache during a joint patrol with soldiers of the Iraqi Army, in Subiyhat, Iraq, Feb. 17. The patrol didn't turn up anything new, but helped cement the local population's confidence in Iraqi troops.

Weapons Search

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kenneth D. Mayfield, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, searches through a suspected weapons cache during a joint patrol with soldiers of the Iraqi Army, in Subiyhat, Iraq, Feb. 17. The patrol didn't turn up anything new, but helped cement the local population's confidence in Iraqi troops.

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