Story and photo by Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Sapp 2nd Marine DivisionCAMP KOREAN VILLAGE — While the rest of the battalion is miles away, Marines from Company C are working a “smugglers town” in western Iraq.
As a whole, Marines from the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion are stretched throughout the Al Anbar Province.
Some conduct security operations in cities like Rawah and Anah, 150 miles northwest of Baghdad, while Company C assists the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Rutbah, a city of some 30,000 about 50 miles east of the Jordanian border.
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(Photo: Marines from Company C, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, gather Iraqis into a group to be searched during a raid on a gas station near Rutbah, Iraq. The Marines checked the area for weapons and searched people to ensure insurgents weren’t moving through the area. Rutbah, a city of roughly 30,000, is 50 miles east of the Jordanian border.)
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