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I Marine Expeditionary Force

Tag: Echo Marines adjust to ‘shoot and scoot’ tactics

Lance Cpl. Charles M. Franklin, a fire team leader assigned to Company E, TF 2/7 and Tulsa, Okla., native, patrols through a cornfield near the Sangin district, Oct. 8. - Lance Cpl. Charles M. Franklin, a fire team leader assigned to Company E, TF 2/7 and Tulsa, Okla., native, patrols through a cornfield near the Sangin district, Oct. 8.

Echo Marines adjust to ‘shoot and scoot’ tactics

A Marine squad on patrol through a local bazaar comes under fire from a small element of enemy fighters.Before the Marines have a chance to effectively engage the enemy, the insurgents break contact and disappear into the warren of narrow alleyways on the far side of the bazaar.When the Marines of Company E, Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine

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