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U.S. Army Spc. Bruce Blachly of Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment uses the scope on his M 4 rifle to scan the distance during a joint U.S. and Iraqi cordon and search operation conducted in the Patika province of Iraq on Nov. 15, 2006.

Spc. Bruce Blachly uses the scope on his M 4 rifle to scan the distance.

U.S. Army Spc. Bruce Blachly of Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment uses the scope on his M 4 rifle to scan the distance during a joint U.S. and Iraqi cordon and search operation conducted in the Patika province of Iraq on Nov. 15, 2006.

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