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1st Btn, 5th Marines Battle Terrorists At Patrol Base Jaker, Afghanistan

July 11th, 2009, Posted by: LibNOT_SR under: War On Terror, Tagged with: 5th marines • jaker • war_in_afghanistan

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Sanchez and Cpl. Lavachery, with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, return fire to enemy positions during an attack on Patrol Base Jaker, in Nawa, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 20, 2009. The Marines are deployed in support of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

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