Sgt. Steven Pendleton, a Knoxville, Tenn., native and squad leader with1st Battalion, 9th Marines, inches closer to the entrance of a desert compound during a firefight with insurgents near the Bari Gul Bazaar, Nad Ali District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2013. Nearly 100 Marines and coalition allies engaged in a prolonged firefight with insurgents while patrolling the area to interdict Taliban movements and weapons caches and gather intelligence around the bazaar. The interdiction force landed by helicopter during the cover of night and began sweeping through the area with the hel
Sgt. Steven Pendleton, a Knoxville, Tenn., native and squad leader with1st Battalion, 9th Marines, inches closer to the entrance of a desert compound during a firefight with insurgents near the Bari Gul Bazaar, Nad Ali District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2013. Nearly 100 Marines and coalition allies engaged in a prolonged firefight with insurgents while patrolling the area to interdict Taliban movements and weapons caches and gather intelligence around the bazaar. The interdiction force landed by helicopter during the cover of night and began sweeping through the area with the help of Afghan forces and interpreters before engaging Taliban fighters in a firefight that lasted nearly four hours. Interdiction at the Bari Gul Bazaar 131204-M-ZB219-073
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