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Lance Cpl. Thomas Echols uses some down time to clean his weapon.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas Echols uses some down time to clean his weapon as his fellow Marines establish a command post in Ramadi, Iraq, on Oct. 29, 2006. Echols is attached to the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.