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A U.S. Marine from Dam Security Unit III mans a weapon aboard a small unit riverine craft during a reconnaissance mission on Lake Habbaniyah in Iraq on Jan. 10, 2007. Marines from the Security Unit are deployed with 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A U.S. Marine mans a weapon aboard a small unit riverine craft.

A U.S. Marine from Dam Security Unit III mans a weapon aboard a small unit riverine craft during a reconnaissance mission on Lake Habbaniyah in Iraq on Jan. 10, 2007. Marines from the Security Unit are deployed with 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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