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U.S. Marines and Iraqi army soldiers conduct a joint patrol in Barwanah, Iraq, on July 30, 2006. The Marines are attached to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

U.S. Marines and Iraqi army soldiers conduct a joint patrol in Barwanah, Iraq.

U.S. Marines and Iraqi army soldiers conduct a joint patrol in Barwanah, Iraq, on July 30, 2006. The Marines are attached to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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