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Night patrol

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Gunnery Sgt. Jeffery Dagenhart, 37, of Golf Company, 2nd Battallion, 6th Marines, takes a security position on the streets of Fallujah, the night of 12 June 2007, outside the new Jubail precint headquarters, as overnight construction of the new precinct takes place. The Jubail Precinct, is the second of several precints scheduled for Fallujah in the current security plan for this city, as Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army personell, begin to take up responsibility for ongoing security of Fallujah, while US Marines continue their day to day battles, quelling insurgents and Al Queda forces.

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I really like the pic you took of the soldier. I love photography and the picture shows the man neeling in the shadows, watching, waiting. Ready for an oncoming attack. You can see the responsibilty in his stance.

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