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2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conducted a patrol with its Afghan National Army counterparts from the 4th Tolay, 2nd Kandak, 215th Corps, in order to establish a security presence in the vicinity of Patrol Base Atul.
The daily partnered patrols of U.S. Marines and Afghan forces enable the Marines to improve the capabilities of their Afghan National Security Forces counterparts and establish rapport with the local populous.
“The purpose of us patrolling with the ANA is to help them learn so that the people gain trust in the army and police,” said Lance Cpl. Dustin M. Swick, an assaultman with 2nd Platoon.
Swick assumed the responsibilities of a designated marksman when the squad’s DM was wounded in action. Swick, 22, hails from Coldwater, MI, and is a 2007 graduate of Coldwater High School.
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