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Oct 17, 2011

Pittston, Pa., native Sgt. Maj. Patrick Tracy, the battalion sergeant major for 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment; Yazoo City, Miss., native Sgt. Preston Davis, the personal safety officer for the battalion commander with 1/9; and Mercer Island, Wash., native Lt. Col. Tyler Zagurski, the commanding officer of 1/9, observe possible targets downrange through rifle scopes at the sound of gunfire in the distance. Afghan National Army soldiers, Afghan Local Police, and Marines with 1/9 moved several hundred meters into the desert after an improvised explosive device detonated and machine-gun fire pierced the air.

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