Lance Cpl. Christopher E. Ford, a scout with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd LAR Bn., Regimental Combat Team 5, holds a min-American flag and a stainless steel cross that he carries on every patrol for good luck at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, June 7. Ford, 30, from Bronx, N.Y., volunteered to take time away from his normal job, a firefighter with the New York City Fire Department, to be a Marine infantryman fighting on the front lines. Ford can now be found conducting patrols through western Al Anbar province, Iraq.
080607-M-6065T-001.jpg Photo By: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson

Jun 7, 2008
Lance Cpl. Christopher E. Ford, a scout with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd LAR Bn., Regimental Combat Team 5, holds a min-American flag and a stainless steel cross that he carries on every patrol for good luck at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, June 7. Ford, 30, from Bronx, N.Y., volunteered to take time away from his normal job, a firefighter with the New York City Fire Department, to be a Marine infantryman fighting on the front lines. Ford can now be found conducting patrols through western Al Anbar province, Iraq.


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