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Cpl. Jason Ducote points out suspicious activity to Pfc. Jacob Cooper.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jason Ducote, a fire team leader with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, points out suspicious activity to Pfc. Jacob Cooper, who uses the scope of his rifle to check it out in the outskirts of Marjah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 14, 2010. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers have been conducting Operation Moshtarak to eliminate Taliban forces from Marjah. Cooper is an assaultman with the 3rd Platoon.