U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryce C.K. Muhlenberg/Released 070102-M-0000C-000.jpg
Jan 2, 2007
Lance Cpl. Jonathan S. Baker, a SAW gunner with Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, keeps on the lookout as he mans his turret mounted machine-gun during Operation Texas here, Aug. 31 to Sep. 3. The 19-year-old Bastrop, Texas, native watches for fires, smoke or signals from other units, but most of all he watches for insurgents. The combined operation, involving the Army’s 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, the Marine’s 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment and the “First of the First” battalion, concentrated on northern Saqlawiyah, an area which had not seen significant coalition presence in months. The operation was aimed at forcing insurgents and their murder and intimidation campaign out of this quiet agricultural community, where they hide, and into the hands of Coalition Forces.
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