Teufelhunden Battalion Continues Marjah Operation [Image 1 of 3]

MARJAH, AFGHANISTAN

02.14.2010

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde  

I Marine Expeditionary Force

Cpl. Jason Ducote, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment uses the scope of his rifle to check out suspicious activity while Pfc. Jacob Cooper, an assaultman also with 3rd Platoon, provides security on the outskirts of Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 14. While leading a patrol in northern Marjah, May 4, the Reidsville, N.C., native found himself just inches away from an improvised explosive device. In an instant, Ducote threw a fellow Marine in a ditch and out of harm's way, and without disregard for his own welfare, got back up, yelling to his Marines to fall back, when the IED exploded, knocking him unconscious.

• Date Taken: 02.14.2010
• Date Posted: 02.17.2010 09:18
• Photo ID: 251960
• VIRIN: 100214-M-5645B-009
• Resolution: 4056x2283
• Size: 857.42 KB
• Location: MARJAH, AF