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A Marine attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit watches the shores as his watercraft patrols the Euphrates River outside of Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, Iraq, Oct. 1. The Marines are with Small Crafts Company attached to Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines. The 24th MEU is currently conducting security and stability operations in the Northern Babil province of Iraq.

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As the sun sets, Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit mark their position with a white star cluster to alert friendly forces of their position during a firefight in Jurf as Sakhr, Iraq, Dec. 1. The firefight erupted when insurgents fired on Marines as the Marines conducted a cordon-and-search mission through the town. The Marines are from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines. The mission is part of Operation Plymouth Rock, the latest offensive by Iraqi, U.S. and British Forces aimed at rooting out anti-Iraqi elements in northern Babil province. The forces stepped up activity across a wide area south of Baghdad Nov. 23, when the operation kicked off in the town of Jabella, about 50 miles south of the capital. More than 5,000 Iraqi, U.S. and British forces participated in the operation, which netted 204 suspected insurgents before it ended Dec. 1.

Snowfall in the Valley at Kinzua Bridge State Park
Winter at Kinzua Bridge State Park, Pennsylvania

New York Stock Exchange

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A Marine with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 looks out the window on a CH-46 Sea Knight at the devastation caused my hurricane Katrina. The Marines of Special Purpose MAGTAF Katrina are acting as a command element for the support effort headquartered at Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base Belle Chasse, La outside of New Orleans, supporting Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Joint Task Force Katrina is an milti-service support effort to assist victims of hurricane Katrina.

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