AR RAMADI, Iraq (July 31, 2005) – Corporal Grant R. Birtcher, a rifleman with the Combine Action Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and two members of the Iraqi Security Forces patrol a street in the city here during a mission July 31. Birtcher, a 20-year-old half Navajo American Indian from Window Rock, Ariz., leads newly trained members of the ISF on missions in the city to hone their military skills. The 2002 Window Rock High School graduate conducts daily missions in the city with his ISF counterparts. Birtcher and between 12 and 24 ISF accompany Marines with 1st Batta
AR RAMADI, Iraq (July 31, 2005) – Corporal Grant R. Birtcher, a rifleman with the Combine Action Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and two members of the Iraqi Security Forces patrol a street in the city here during a mission July 31. Birtcher, a 20-year-old half Navajo American Indian from Window Rock, Ariz., leads newly trained members of the ISF on missions in the city to hone their military skills. The 2002 Window Rock High School graduate conducts daily missions in the city with his ISF counterparts. Birtcher and between 12 and 24 ISF accompany Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan USMC-050731-M-0245S-004
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