BAGHDAD, Iraq -- (March 30, 2005) - Corporal Gary Xavier, 23, an infantry man with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, and a native of Reno, Nev., teaches an Iraqi child a new handshake during a patrol here. BLT 1/1, attached to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), is currently conducting security and stabilization operations in the Greater Baghdad area. (Official USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Grove) USMC-050330-M-5578G-065

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