Petty Officer 2nd Class Tinsae Tekleab, a hospital corpsman with Regimental Combat Team 8, and a native of Pasadena, Calif., checks his optical sight before a mission during Operation Black Sand in southern Musa Qal’ah District, Helmand province. Through the combined efforts of 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division (Forward), RCT- 8 and The Republic of Georgia’s 33rd Light Infantry Battalion, the Ladar Bazaar, which insurgents used to manufacture and distribute improvised explosive devices, was destroyed. Marines destroy IED factories during Operation Black Sand 110806-N-TH989-192

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