Cpl. Chris M. McQuitty, assistant platoon leader,  3rd Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, points out a road that insurgents could use to avoid vehicle checkpoints near Hit, Iraq, July 11. Marines with Company L performed a reconnaissance patrol through the outskirts of Hit in search of  routes the enemy could use to smuggle contraband into Hit.  The information gathered during the patrol will help the company make the area around Hit safer for Coalition forces and the Iraqis that live there.
080711-M-4675V-001.jpg Photo By: Cpl. Erik Villagran

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Jul 11, 2008
Cpl. Chris M. McQuitty, assistant platoon leader, 3rd Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, points out a road that insurgents could use to avoid vehicle checkpoints near Hit, Iraq, July 11. Marines with Company L performed a reconnaissance patrol through the outskirts of Hit in search of routes the enemy could use to smuggle contraband into Hit. The information gathered during the patrol will help the company make the area around Hit safer for Coalition forces and the Iraqis that live there.


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