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Ralph E. Morten, a senior advisor for counterinsurgency with Lockheed Martin, patrols through a bazaar in Sangin, Afghanistan, with Cpl. Michael A. Brown, Jr., a 2nd platoon squad leader assigned to Company E, Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, Sept. 1. Morten, a 34-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, came to Sangin to teach Echo Company Marines the methods of patrolling the streets like a police officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Cushman) - Ralph E. Morten, a senior advisor for counterinsurgency with Lockheed Martin, patrols through a bazaar in Sangin, Afghanistan, with Cpl. Michael A. Brown, Jr., a 2nd platoon squad leader assigned to Company E, Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, Sept. 1. Morten, a 34-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, came to Sangin to teach Echo Company Marines the methods of patrolling the streets like a police officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Cushman)

Marines use ‘Cop on the Beat’ tactics to strengthen Afghan relations

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SANGIN, Afghanistan – As a squad of Marines walk in a tactical column through a bazaar here in the Helmand Province, they approach a shop with a sign advertising electronic items for sale. The Marines pause and set up security, while the squad leader and interpreter enters the shop to talk to the store owner.By building a

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