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A U.S. Marine attached to 311 Military Transition Team, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force searches outside and inside a house while on a dismounted foot patrol during an operation in Tharthar, Iraq, on Oct. 7, 2007.

A U.S. Marine searches outside and inside a house.

A U.S. Marine attached to 311 Military Transition Team, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force searches outside and inside a house while on a dismounted foot patrol during an operation in Tharthar, Iraq, on Oct. 7, 2007.

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