Lance Cpl. Jonathan Higgins, 21, a scout with Alpha Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, searches an abandoned house for weapons caches during a patrol through the desert of western al-Anbar province, Iraq, Sept. 3. The western al-Anbar province has changed for the better since Marines of Alpha Co. have arrived in Iraq.  The caches found have lowered, the oil smuggling has decreased and the people have felt safer because of it.::r::::n::
080903-M-6065T-002.jpg Photo By: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson

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Sep 3, 2008
Lance Cpl. Jonathan Higgins, 21, a scout with Alpha Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, searches an abandoned house for weapons caches during a patrol through the desert of western al-Anbar province, Iraq, Sept. 3. The western al-Anbar province has changed for the better since Marines of Alpha Co. have arrived in Iraq. The caches found have lowered, the oil smuggling has decreased and the people have felt safer because of it.::r::::n::


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