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    Female Marines in Fallujah Focus Eyes on Iraqis

    TAQADDUM, IRAQ

    11.07.2006

    Photo by Sgt. Geoffrey Ingersoll 

    1st Marine Logistics Group

    In an effort to prevent further violence, as well as encourage a more positive relationship, female Marines like Cpl. Jennifer B. Holt are shedding combat- service-support roles and leaving the base to become part of the Marine Corps FST, or female search team. "(Utilizing the FST) shows that we are trying to accommodate (the Iraqis), and make an effort to abide by their moral code," said Holt, 25 from Clay, Ala. Holt is normally a company clerk for Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward). According to cultural studies, Iraqis don't show affection between males and females in public. By using the FST, Marines respect these cultural differences in an effort to put the Iraqis at ease. Combat Logistics Company 5 is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq (MNF-W) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction.
    USMC photo by: Lance Cpl. Geoffrey P. Ingersoll

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    Date Taken: 11.07.2006
    Date Posted: 11.07.2006 09:06
    Photo ID: 32618
    VIRIN: 061101-M-8187I-001
    Resolution: 2160x1440
    Size: 1.71 MB
    Location: TAQADDUM, IQ

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