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    Marines Fight Insurgents, Secure Key Intersection on Road to Marjah [Image 3 of 5]

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    Two heavily equipped soldiers in desert camouflage uniforms are positioned on top of a mud-brick rooftop in an arid environment. They appear to be in a tactical overwatch or security position, with weapons and gear visible around them. The surrounding landscape is flat, dry, and sparsely vegetated, consistent with an arid operational environment.

    HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

    02.10.2010

    Photo by Sgt. Brian Tuthill 

    I Marine Expeditionary Force

    Cpl. Joshua D. Villegas, a radio operator attached to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, watches nearby farms for insurgent activity, Feb. 9, from a building rooftop in the center of "Five Points," a key intersection of roads linking the northern area of the insurgent stronghold of Marjah with the rest of Helmand province. Marines of Charlie Company conducted a helicopter-borne assault that morning to seize the area. Villegas, 22, is from Chicago. RCS2010

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    Date Taken: 02.10.2010
    Date Posted: 02.10.2010 07:32
    Photo ID: 250064
    VIRIN: 100209-M-2934T-055
    Resolution: 4752x3168
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    Location: HELMAND PROVINCE, AF
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    Military personnel are operating a mortar system during nighttime conditions. Soldiers wearing headlamps and desert camouflage uniforms are handling what appears to be a mortar round being prepared for loading. The scene is illuminated only by the soldiers' headlamps against a completely dark background.
    The image shows military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms conducting an operation against a mud-brick compound wall. One soldier is climbing a ladder to scale the wall while another provides assistance at ground level. The setting appears to be an arid, rural environment consistent with operations in Southwest Asia or the Middle East.
    Two heavily equipped soldiers in desert camouflage uniforms are positioned on top of a mud-brick rooftop in an arid environment. They appear to be in a tactical overwatch or security position, with weapons and gear visible around them. The surrounding landscape is flat, dry, and sparsely vegetated, consistent with an arid operational environment.
    Two military personnel in full combat gear are positioned behind a low mud or adobe wall, likely in a desert environment. The soldier in the foreground is actively communicating via a handheld radio or field telephone handset. Both wear desert camouflage uniforms with US flag patches and helmet-mounted equipment.
    Two armed soldiers in full combat gear are operating in what appears to be a dusty, arid environment near a row of closed metal-shuttered storefronts. The lead soldier is pushing or pulling a weathered wheelbarrow loaded with concrete blocks, while the second soldier maintains a security posture with a raised rifle. The setting suggests a patrol or civil affairs operation in a Middle Eastern or Central Asian environment.

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