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Marine Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth Silvers shows an Iraqi Security Force soldier how to take down an uncooperative detainee.
Marine Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth Silvers (center) shows an Iraqi Security Force soldier how to take down an uncooperative detainee during training exercises in Fallujah, Iraq, on July 3, 2005. Silvers and his fellow Marines from the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment are training Iraqi Security Forces in order to independently maintain control of Fallujah and surrounding provinces.