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Jan 1, 1980

A Marine with the 81mm mortar platoon of Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines prepares to drop a high explosive round into the tube during an indirect fire mission launched against insurgents near Forward Operating Base Hit, Iraq, Jan. 9, 2006. BLT 1/2 is the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), which is conducting counterinsurgency operations in Iraq's Al Anbar province under the tactical control of the 2nd Marine Division.

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