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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Sam E. Smithson and Lance Cpl. James Nankervis, both Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, provide watch on a rooftop during Operation Red Bull II in Barwanah, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2006. The Marines along with Iraqi Army soldiers cleared houses and searched for weapons caches to rid the area of insurgent operations.

Rooftop Watch

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Sam E. Smithson and Lance Cpl. James Nankervis, both Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, provide watch on a rooftop during Operation Red Bull II in Barwanah, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2006. The Marines along with Iraqi Army soldiers cleared houses and searched for weapons caches to rid the area of insurgent operations.

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